CPSC April 12 Vote on Staff Recommendation on Bunk Bed Petition
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to vote by April 12, 2011 on a staff recommendation on a petition it received to revise the Bunk Bed Standard to incorporate requirements for head and neck entrapment testing in spaces created…
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by side structures that are provided with a bunk bed, including ladders. Staff recommends that the Commission defer its decision on the petition for six months and direct staff to work with the ASTM F15.30 Bunk Bed Subcommittee on the ASTM F 1427 voluntary standard, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bunk Beds, to develop requirements to address head and neck entrapment in spaces created by side structures.