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Product Hazards
Bunk Beds
Since 1990, the CPSC has received reports of at least 57 deaths due to suffocation when
children become entrapped in spaces in the top bunk. Some bunk beds have openings large enough
for a child's body to pass through, but small enough to trap the child's head. Since 1994,
the CPSC and at least 36 manufacturers and importers have recalled more than 645,000 wooden
and metal bunk beds. In December 1999, CPSC voted to institute mandatory bunk bed standards.
The new standard addresses entrapment of children in both adult and child bunk beds that result
in an estimated 10 child fatalities each year.
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