Trumka, who was appointed to the commission by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate last year, lashed out in a statement attached to the warning about the consequences of section 6(b). When Fisher-Price officially notified the CPSC on March 31 of a pattern of deaths tied to the rocker, the commissioners were not allowed to immediately tell the public because of that gag rule. House Committee on Oversight and Reform launched an investigation into the Fisher-Price’s Rock n’ Play, which was tied to dozens of deaths when it was recalled in 2019. Deaths tied to the rocker were kept from Congress That was the last Greninger heard from Fisher-Price for three years. Thank you for providing the video and photographs for our file they will aid in our review.” As you know, we would have liked the opportunity to conduct an evaluation of the Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler Rocker but understand it was discarded. It is our hope that we can develop solutions to prevent these types of incidents from occurring,” the investigator said while also telling her that he would obtain the autopsy results from the coroner.įisher-Price sent its condolences and added, " As discussed, children’s safety is extremely important to us and we have adopted strict standards for safety, quality and performance. “I understand and concur with you about the usage of the rockers as a resting or sleeping device. The 13 reported deaths tied to product occurred between 20. I didn’t sleep for a couple of days because that much information weighing on you and not being able to tell the public, when that should be our most central role, you know, trumpeting that information from the rooftops, it’s heartbreaking and aggravating.”įisher-Price has sold more than 17 million of the infant rockers since the 1990s, according to the warning. And so I read medical reports, coroners’ reports, heartbreaking gut-wrenching information, and I didn’t sleep that night until I was done reading all this. “They sent us a package of hundreds and hundreds of pages of information about the deaths associated with that product.
“It’s a half-throated warning to the public because we had to negotiate every word of it with the company,” he said. The law prevented the CPSC from quickly alerting the public about the rocker dangers – and ultimately, the warning was watered down by Fisher-Price, Commissioner Trumka said. But in practice, the law gives the power to manufacturers to decide when and how warnings and recalls are made public. The recent Fisher-Price episode further highlighted the problems with the federal Consumer Product Safety Act, which, in theory, is supposed to rid American households of dangerous or defective everyday items.
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