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Transcript: SAFETY 1ST TO PAY $175,000 CIVIL PENALTY FOR DELAY IN REPORTING DEFECT WITH TODDLER BED RAILS
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
- Article date:
- July 7, 1998
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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,
allowing
a child to fall from the bed. Safety 1st says it received 27 reports
of
injuries associated with these bed rails before it reported to CPSC.
About
191,000 ...