The US Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with Infantino has voluntarily recalled 100,000 SlingRider Infant Carriers due to fall hazard. The plastic slider on the fabric strap can break. This can cause the strap supporting the carrier to release and infants to fall out of the carrier. Infantino has received 10 reports of plastic sliders breaking, including eight reports of babies falling out of the carriers. There were four reports of impact injuries where the child was taken to the emergency room. One of these children fractured her skull.
The carriers were manufactured in China and sold at Target Stores, Babies R Us, BJ's Wholesale Club, Modecraft and other retailers nationwide, by catalog and online from July 2006 through February 2007. Consumers should stop using these carriers immediately.
