Consumers should immediately stop using the bassinets and check the cross-bracing support rails to make sure they are in the locked position. (CPSC)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of hundreds of thousands of baby bassinets amid concerns that they could collapse if not assembled properly.
The voluntary recall involves about 500,000 bassinets made by Burlington Basket Co. before June of last year.
The agency says the bassinets can collapse if the support rails that hold the basket are not fully locked into place.
The Burlington Basket Co., based in Iowa, is not offering to take back the bassinets, but is instead giving consumers free repair kits to show exactly how to install the support rails.
Consumers should check to make sure their bassinet has the support rails properly locked in place.
CPSC and the company have received 10 reports of incidents in which the bassinets collapsed when the folding legs were not locked properly. Two infants received minor injuries, including a bruise to the head.
The bassinets were sold at Wal-Mart and other mass merchandisers, department stores and juvenile product stores nationwide.
Consumers can contact the company at 800-553-2300 for more information.
Click here to read more from the CPSC.
The Associated Press contribute to this report.
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