EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Childcare articles and children's equipment
Children´s cot — risk: entrapment, injuries, suffocation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/03172/24
Summary
The distance between the slats of the cot base is too big. The limbs, head or neck of the child may get stuck and cause subsequent injuries, e.g. up to suffocation when the neck is stuck between the holes that are located between the slats of the cot bed. The product does not comply with the requirements of the General Product Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 716-1.
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Product
Children´s cot
- Name / model
- Children´s cot · 22-491, H52
- Barcode
- 5907636944294
- Category
- Childcare articles and children's equipment
- Children's white wooden cot, with a bed size of 70x140 cm, with a height-adjustable slat, without a mattress. Product sold online.
What is the risk?
- The distance between the slats of the cot base is too big. The limbs, head or neck of the child may get stuck and cause subsequent injuries, e.g. up to suffocation when the neck is stuck between the holes that are located between the slats of the cot bed. The product does not comply with the requirements of the General Product Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 716-1.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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