Infant deaths have been linked to the rockers, the CPSC said.
, which were sent to CPSC commissioners Wednesday are meant to prevent infants from suffocating by making rockers firmer and flatter.
The rockers were associated with 88 injuries including strangulation and cases where infants hurt their heads after rockers tipped over, CPSC staffers said. Nine of the 11 deaths mentioned in Wednesday’s report, happened when infants were placed in the products for napping or sleeping, CPSC staff members said.
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