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GRACO SNUGRIDE — CHILD SEAT:SHELL:INFANT

1 injured · 850068 · 2011-04-04

Vehicle

Make
GRACO
Model
SNUGRIDE
Year
Manufacturer
Graco Children's Products, Inc.
Component
CHILD SEAT:SHELL:INFANT

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

MY BABY WAS FUSSY SO MY HUSBAND PUT HIM IN HIS INFANT CAR SEAT AND DROVE HIM AROUND TO HELP CALM HIM LATE ONE NIGHT. HE SCREAMED MORE, SO MY HUSBAND CAME HOME. WHEN I WENT TO FEED HIM AFTER THEY GOT BACK, I NOTICED THAT MY BABY HAD TORN UP THE BACKS OF HIS ANKLES AND WAS STARTING TO SCAB OVER. WHEN WE LOOKED FOR THE SOURCE OF THE INJURY, MY HUSBAND REMEMBERED THE SCREAMING AND WE CHECKED OUT THE CAR SEAT. THERE WAS BLOOD ON THE SEAT PADDING AND A FABRIC FLAP THAT COVERED A ROUGH, PLASTIC EDGE THAT CURVED UPWARD TOWARD WHERE MY BABY'S FEET/LEGS RESTED. THE FABRIC FLAP, EVEN WHEN COVERING THE PLASTIC, FAILED TO PROTECT MY BABY FROM THAT ROUGH EDGE. INJURY COULD OCCUR ANY TIME A PARENT PUTS THEIR BABY IN THIS CAR SEAT IF THEY DO NOT KNOW TO PUT A BLANKET OR OTHER PADDING UNDER THEIR CHILD'S LEGS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE CAR SEAT. I NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER AND, AS OF YET, HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. *TR

Source

Authoritative
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ODI Number
10394202
Machine
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