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Product Recall Number: 12-262

Why was Mother's Touch/Deluxe Baby Bathers recalled?

When the bather is lifted and/or carried with an infant in it, its folding wire frame can suddenly disengage from the side hinge, dropping the baby out of the bather, posing a fall hazard and a risk of serious head injury to infants.

Mother's Touch/Deluxe Baby Bathers
Here's product recall specific data for Mother's Touch/Deluxe Baby Bathers.

  • Product Recall Number: 12-262

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2012-08-29

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Mother's Touch/Deluxe Baby Bathers

  • Description: Babies can fall out of the Summer Infant bather when being lifted or carried. Four skull fractures reported. Never use to lift and carry your baby.

  • Hazard Description: When the bather is lifted and/or carried with an infant in it, its folding wire frame can suddenly disengage from the side hinge, dropping the baby out of the bather, posing a fall hazard and a risk of serious head injury to infants.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Repair

  • Units: About 2 million in the United States and an additional 65,000 in Canada

  • Incidents: CPSC and Summer Infant have received seven reports of incidents in the U.S., including five reports of infants suffering head injuries from falls from the bathers. Four children between two weeks and two months old received skull fractures, including one that required intensive care for bleeding on the brain. The fifth child received a bump to the head requiring emergency room treatment.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the bathers and contact Summer Infant for a free repair kit that includes a locking strap and instructions. Note: Even with the new locking strap installed, the baby bather product should never be used to lift and carry an infant.

  • Sold At: Mass merchandise stores nationwide and on the Web from September 2004 through November 2011 for between $15 and $30.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: Summer Infant Inc., of Woonsocket, R.I.

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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