CPSC Warns of Dropside Mesh-Sided Crib Dangers
CPSC recall 86055. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
Suffocation
CPSC recall 86055 has the recall date 15 Sep 1986. The notice names the firm Questor. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Suffocation.
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| Units | The CPSC record gives no number |
|---|---|
| Description | September 15,1986Release #86-055 CPSC Warns of Dropside Mesh-Sided Crib Dangers Washington, DC -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and nine manufacturers of dropside mesh-sided cribs and playpens today renewed a warning to parents that these cribs and playpens present an asphyxiation and suffocation hazard when a child is left in one of these products with a side down. Beginning the second phase of an extensive publicity campaign to alert parents to the dangers of leaving infants in dropside mesh-sided cribs and playpens with a side down, the Commission cited 15 deaths of young children in the "side down" scenario since 1978. Seven of the victims were six weeks old or younger. The victims rolled or moved off the floor of the crib or playpen into the mesh pocket formed by the lowered side and suffocated. Children may be unable to cry out when caught in the mesh pocket because they cannot breathe. Children can also suffer other injuries such as brain damage as a result of becoming caught in the mesh pocket of the lowered side. The nine manufacturers in signing a Consent Agreement last year agreed to engage in a notice campaign. The program was initiated in August 1985.… |
| Product | Bilt-Rite dropside mesh-sided cribs and playpens |
| Product | Century dropside mesh-sided cribs and playpens, Cribs |
| Product | Pride-Trimble dropside mesh-sided cribs and playpens |
| Product | Questor dropside mesh-sided cribs and playpens |
| Product | Spalding & Evenflo dropside mesh-sided cribs and playpens |
| Product | Strolee dropside mesh-sided cribs and playpens |
| Product | Welsh dropside mesh-sided cribs and playpens |
| Manufacturer | Questor; Strolee; Century Products; Welsh; Bilt-Rite; Pride-Trimble |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1986: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1986
- 46
- Recalls of 1986 with one of the same hazards
- 2%
- Recalls on the register that name Questor
- 2
Other recalls of the firm
| Date | Recall |
|---|---|
| 19 Oct 1981 | Cribs Recalled by Questor |
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 86055. https://recallregister.com/product/4657-cpsc-warns-of-dropside-mesh-sided-crib-dangers/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 86055 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 86055 has no incident or injury text.
- How many CPSC recalls name Questor?
- 2 CPSC recalls on this register name Questor. This recall is 1 of them.