SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Electrical shock / short

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120620-B7DD4-2147466420. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Graco DuetSoothe Swing and Rocker - Model 1893776. Source model text: 9B08CAT. Incident: I have a Graco Playard model # 9B08CAT manufactured in 2/2010 and in use since 1/2011 (~16 months). When using the bassinet portion of the playard for my 4 month old son, he began crying like he was hurt. A different cry than usual. I went into the bedroom to check on him and pick him up and he was stuck. I couldn't physically pick him up. I then realized his head was stuck under the oval wall part of the bassinet and the 4 panel mattress has bunched up (the 4 panels overlapped each by about 1/2 inch - 1 inch) to create a space at the end of the mattress. He was stuck face down into the nylon bottom of the bassinet with the mattress pinning his head against the wall and the oval wall part above his head pinning it down into the nylon floor beside (not on top of) the mattress. I pulled the mattress further away from the wall and was able to maneuver his head out to free him. I am an emergency physician and saw that he was unhurt but also see the potential for this to fatally injure an infant. I wanted to report this so that if there other similar reports, a safety recall could be issued to prevent future injuries. I believe the problem is that the fabric of the mattress has stretched a bit over the 16 months of usage and now allows the 4 boards inside the mattress to overlap a bit which creates space at the edges of the bassinet. Because the bassinet has walls that shape the space into an oval, the oval wall can trap a baby's head. My mattress also with 16 months of use has bo