Product Recall Number: 13-195
Why was Lea Panel, Loft and Bunk Beds recalled?
The bed's side mattress support rails can break, posing a fall hazard.
Product Recall Number: 13-195
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2013-05-21
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Lea Panel, Loft and Bunk Beds
Description: The side mattress support rails on panel, loft and bunk beds can break.
Hazard Description: The bed's side mattress support rails can break, posing a fall hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 59,200 in the U.S. and 4,200 in Canada
Incidents: There have been 22 reports of incidents involving the recalled beds in the U.S. since 2009 and one in Canada. Two injuries were reported. In a 2009 incident in Madison, Wisconsin, an 11-year-old girl was placing a fitted sheet on the top bunk when the child, mattress and bed supports collapsed on her 6-year-old sister in the bed below. The 6 year old was treated at a hospital emergency department for a head injury involving a cut to her face.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the beds and contact Lea Industries to receive free replacement side rails for the beds.
Sold At: Direct Buy stores and furniture stores nationwide, and online at Amazon.com and various other websites from August 2008 through March 2013 for between $400 and $3,000.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China and Vietnam
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed