Article: -CPSC: Safety 1st to pay $175,000 civil penalty for delay in reporting defect with toddler bed rails

M2 PRESSWIRE-7 July 1998-CPSC: Safety 1st to pay $175,000 civil penalty for delay in reporting defect with toddler bed rails (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:070798 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Safety 1st of Chestnut Hill, Mass., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $175,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Consumer Product Safety Act by failing to report in a timely manner a defect with the Safekeeper toddler bed rails, sold with detachable flash lights. CPSC alleges that Safety 1st failed to report in a timely manner that the model 177 toddler bed rail's support bars can separate from the rail, ...

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