CPSC Issues New Federal Mandatory Safety Standard for Adult Portable Bed Rails
Between January 2003-December 2021, 284 entrapment deaths were reported in connection with adult portable bed rails. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is taking steps to protect vulnerable consumers from becoming injured through entrapment with these rails. To that end, it has released a new federal mandatory safety standard. If your loved one suffered suffocation or other injuries through entrapment because of adult portable bed rails, you should consult the experienced Chicago-based product liability lawyers of Moll Law Group about whether you have a viable claim for damages. Billions have been recovered in lawsuits with which we’ve been involved.
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The CPSC has voted to adopt a mandatory safety standard for adult portable bedrails in order to address the risk of entrapment, and thereby reduce the number of injuries and deaths. The standard mandates certain steps be taken in connection with all adult portable bed rails sold in the country and manufactured after the effective date. First, the standard institutes a mandatory performance requirement. Second, companies are supposed to use a certain test procedure to reduce the changes of entrapment and other dangers linked to the use of adult portable bed rails.