Fatal Crib Bumper Pad Incidents 1/1/1990 - 7/9/2010* *Based on records entered into IPII, INDP, NEISS, and DTHS before 05/06/2010 and some additional, recently investigated incidents identified by staff. *This spreadsheet was prepared by CPSC staff, has not been reviewed or approved by, and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission.
Count	IDI/ Document Number(s)	City/ State	Date	Age/ Sex	Narrative
1	910422HCC0206 9006023863	San Diego, CA	2/23/90	11 mo M	AN 11 MONTH OLD BOY STRANGLED IN A CORD FORMED BY THE BROKEN SIDE OF A PORTABLE CRIB.  THE CRIB SIDE WAS TORN WHERE THE MESH SIDE CONNECTS WITH A PLASTIC BUMPER PAD.  A PLASTIC CORD WAS FORMED BY THE BREAK. THE VICTIM FELL OUT OF THE CRIB FEET FIRST.  HIS FEET WERE ON THE FLOOR, BUT HIS HEAD WAS TRAPPED WITH THE CORD AROUND HIS NECK.
2	900602715 900606HEP1201	PA	6/5/90	2 mo M	2 MONTH OLD PREEMIE PRESENTS WITH CARDIAC ARREST,MOM WENT IN TO CHECK BABY IN CRIB FOUND HIM WITH FACE AGAINST PLASTIC BUMPER
3	911010HCC2004 X91A0075A	Mequon, WI	1/10/91	3 mo M	THIS INVESTIGATION INVOLVED A 3 MONTH OLD MALE INFANT WHICH WAS FOUND BY HIS FATHER DEAD.  THE CORONER INDICATES THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME.  THE VICTIM WAS HEALTHY AND APPEARED TO BE GROWING NORMALLY.  THERE HAD BEEN A BUMPER PAD IN USE IN THE INFANT'S CRIB.  THE BUMPER PAD WAS FILLED WITH 100% POLYESTER QUILTING AND HAD A POLYESTER AND COTTON OUTER CASING.
4	911023HCC0025 X91A0207A	La Mesa, CA	9/26/91	8 mo F	AN 8 MONTH OLD FEMALE WAS FOUND IN HER CRIB UNRESPONSIVE.  CPR AND MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESPIRATION WERE CONDUCTED.  SHE WAS NOT REVIVED. THE CRIB CONTAINED A WATERBED MATTRESS.  THE CRIB WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE MATTRESS.  CRIB BUMBER PADS WERE IN THE CRIB, AS WELL AS STUFFED TOYS AND A LOOSE BLANKET.
5	9254008697	Fairmont, WV	6/6/92	5 mo M	CHILD PUT HEAD THROUGH SLATS IN CRIB & DIED - ASPHYXIA;HYPEREXTENSION OF NECK ASSOCIATED WITH CRIB BUMPER RESTING ONANTERIOR NECK - AUTOPSY YES
6	920916HCC3257 9105015929	Southwest City, MO	7/22/92	7 mo F	7 MONTH OLD GIRL WAS PLACED IN HER CRIB FOR NAP AFTER BEING FED BY HER MOTHER.  CHILD WAS FOUND LATER IN HER CRIB WITH HER HEAD WEDGED BETWEEN THE MATTRESS AND THE BUMPER PAD ATTACHED TO SIDE SLATS. CHILD WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL.
7	9318015061	Indianapolis, IN	3/10/93	1 mo M	FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WEDGED BETWEEN PILLOW AND BUMPER PAD. POSITIONAL ASPHYXIA - AUTOPSY YES
8	X9344404A	W. Hamlin, WV	6/3/93	2 mo F	A 2 MONTH OLD FEMALE DIED SLEEPING ON CUSHIONS (BUMPER PADS & CRIB MATTRESS) IN HER CRIB.
9	940818HCC2202 X9474925A	Chicago, IL	7/12/93	9 mo F	A 9 MONTH OLD FEMALE WAS FOUND DECEASED IN HER CRIB BY HER 21 YEAR OLD MOTHER ON JULY 12, 1993.  THE INFANT'S DEATH WAS RULED AS ACCIDENTAL SUFFOCATION DUE TO ENTRAPMENT BETWEEN THE CRIB MATTRESS AND THE CRIB'S RAILING.  POLICE AND CORONER'S REPORTS STATE THAT TWO SIDE RAIL SLATS WERE MISSING FROM THE CRIB, CREATING A 7" SPACE THAT THE VICTIM'S BODY SLIPPED THROUGH.  THE VICTIM WAS FOUND HANGING FROM THE CRIB WITH HER CHIN AND NECK SUSPENDED BY A BUMPER GUARD.
10	X94C0721A	West Haven, CT	8/10/94	4 mo M	A 4 MONTH OLD MALE DIED OF SIDS SLEEPING WITH HIS FACE DOWN BETWEEN THE MATTRESS AND BUMPED PAD OF HIS CRIB.
11	9612104372	Sarasota, FL	9/3/96	2 mo F	BABY'S HEAD WENT BETWEEN PILLOW AND PADDED CRIB WALL, FACE DOWN IN SOFT BEDDING - ASPHYXIA; SUFFOCATION-FACE DOWN IN SOFT BEDDING - AUTOPSY YES
12	X9730790A	Chandler, AZ	9/26/96	14 mo M	A 14 MONTH OLD BABY BOY DIED SLEEPING IN A CRIB WITH HIS FACE PRESSED FIRMLY AGAINST A BUMPER PAD.  BABY WAS TREATED WEEKS AGO FOR  A HEAD AND CHEST COLD WITH EXTENSIVE BREATHING TREATMENT.
13	980224HCC2316 9713018731	Tifton, GA	4/21/97	2 mo M	A 2-1/2 MONTH OLD MALE DIED DUE TO PROBABLE SUFFOCATION.  ACCORDING TO AN INVESTIGATOR WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE INFANT'S MOTHER FOUND HIM FACE DOWN IN HIS CRIB.  THE INVESTIGATOR STATED THE BABY'S HEAD GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A BABY BLANKET AND THE BUMPER PAD IN HIS CRIB.  HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
14	970916CCC2413 9729018036	St. Charles, MO	5/21/97	10 mo M	A 10 MONTH OLD MALE DIED OF POSITIONAL ASPHYXIA, WEDGED BETWEEN HIS CRIB RAILING AND A DRESSER SIX INCHES AWAY.  HE APPARENTLY STOOD ON THE CRIB BUMPER PAD AND CLIMBED OVER THE CRIB RAILING.
15	X9853332A	Akron, OH	6/12/97	5 YR M	A DEVELOPMENTALLY SLOW BOY, AGE 5, DIED OF POSITIONAL ASPHYXIA AFTER HE PUSHED HIMSELF INTO THE CORNER OF HIS TODDLER BED, WITH HIS FACE DOWN BETWEEN BUMPER PADS.
16	H0030299A	Louisville, KY	2/24/98	1 mo F	A GIRL, 6 WEEKS OLD, WAS PLACED ON HER STOMACH IN A CRIB ALONG WITH A COMFORTER SET, BUMPER PADS, TOYS AND BLANKETS. TWO HOURS LATER, SHE WAS FOUND NOT BREATHING. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS SIDS.
17	981118HCC2075 9829025725	Joplin, MO	6/23/98	7 mo M	A CORONER DETERMINED A 7 MONTH MALE INFANT DIED IN A CRIB DUE TO POSITIONAL ASPHYXIATION - FACE IN CORNER OF CRIB AGAINST BUMPER PAD.
18	C0025009A	Jefferson City, State Unknown	1/1/99		A FEMALE SOCIAL WORKER REPORTS 4 INFANT SUFFOCATION DEATHS WITHIN PAST YEAR INVOLVING SETS OF INFANT BEDDING SETS WHICH USUALLY INCLUDES A COMFORTER AND BUMPER PADS.
19	001018HCC2040 X0073156A	Austin, TX	2/14/00	4 mo M	ON FEBRUARY 14, 2000. A FOUR- MONTH-OLD-MALE WAS FOUND DEAD IN  HIS CRIB AT HOME. REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE VICTIM BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE MATTRESS AND THE BUMPER PAD OF HIS CRIB. THE DEATH WAS DECLARED AN ACCIDENT; CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LISTED AS ASPHYXIA BY SUFFOCATION.
20	742339 000725HEP9012	TX	7/12/00	3 mo F	FATHER WENT TO CHECK ON PT TO FIND PT IN MIDDLE OF LARGE PILLOW AND SMALL PILLOW -FACE IN BUMPER RAILING OF CRIB.  D:S/P CPR, CARDIO RESP
21	X0131265A	Oxford, MI	2/3/01	3 mo M	A 3 MONTH OLD BOY WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON HIS BACK IN BABY CRIB BY HIS FATHER.  THERE WAS A PILLOW BLANKETS AND SIDE BUMPER AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE CRIB.  CAUSE OF DEATH: POSITIONAL COMPRESSIVE ASPHYXIA.
22	010417CNE6292 N0140174A 0112049868 X01B5336A N0160212A	Zephyrhills, FL	4/11/01	11 mo F	AN 11 MONTH OLD FEMALE SLID OFF A DAY BED MATTRESS AT THE OPEN SIDE/FOOT END OF THE DAY BED WITH HER LOWER BODY UNDER A CRIB BUMPER PAD. THE TOP EDGE OF THE CRIB BUMPER PAD IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BECOME CAUGHT AROUND THE VICTIMS NECK AND AS SHE SLID FORWARD, WAS UNABLE TO BREATH AND SUFFOCATED. THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS MECHANICAL ASPHYXIA. THE MANNER OF DEATH IS CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL.
23	X0252630A 0137042763	Hubert, NC	8/9/01	3 mo F	A FEMALE INFANT, AGE 3 MONTH, WHO WAS FOUND WEDGED BETWEEN ADULT PILLOWS AND CRIB BUMPER ON AN ADULT BED DIED FROM ASPHYXIA.
24	020912HCC2662 226024886	Warren, MI	4/21/02	7 mo F	A SEVEN MONTH OLD FEMALE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HER CRIB BY HER MOTHER. THE VICTIM WAS PLACED ON HER BACK IN THE CRIB, WHICH DID NOT HAVE A MATTRESS. THE MAKE SHIFT MATTRESS CONSISTED OF A THICK BLANKET WRAPPED IN A SHEET, SEVERAL PILLOWS AND A CRIB BUMPER NOT SECURED TO THE CRIB. THE VICTIM WAS FOUND WITH HER FACE AGAINST THE CRIB BUMPER AND PILLOW. CAUSE OF DEATH WAS ASPHYXIATION.
25	X0273240A 0255015455	Fitchburg, WI	4/22/02	4 mo M	A MALE INFANT, AGE 4 MONTH, PLACED FOR A NAP IN A CRIB WITH TWIN SISTER WAS FOUND WEDGED BETWEEN THE BUMPER PAD & HIS SISTER.  CAUSE OF DEATH ASPHYXIA DUE TO POSITIONAL CRIB ACCIDENT.
26	X0394435A	Minneapolis, MN	4/5/03	2 mo M	A MALE INFANT, AGE 10 WEEKS, WAS FOUND DECEASED AGAINST THE BUMPER PAD IN HIS CRIB WITH HIS FACE DOWN IN MATTRESS.
27	318019177	Logansport, IN	6/15/03	2 mo F	BABY SUFFOCATED AT HOME IN THE CORNER OF THE CRIB AGAINST THE CRIB BUMPER.  SUFFOCATION - ACCIDENTAL.  AUTOPSY - YES.
28	331011150	Grand Island, NE	9/20/03	12 mo F	CHILD FOUND HANGING BY CRIB PAD AFTER FALLING OUT OF CRIB - ASPHYXIATION - AUTOPSY NO.
29	X03B5090A 0326061992	Detroit, MI	9/29/03	2 mo M	A MALE INFANT, AGE 2 MONTHS, DIED AFTER HE WAS FOUND WITH HIS FACE AGAINST A  BUMPER PAD IN HIS CRIB AT HOME BY HIS MOTHER.
30	318045538	Gary, IN	11/19/03	3 mo F	DECEDENT LYING PRONE IN A CRIB WITH A FULL SIZE PILLOW & BUMPER PADS - POSITIONAL ASPHYXIA -  AUTOPSY YES.
31	444004043	Newport, RI	5/20/04	19 mo F	FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN CRIB WITH FACE WEDGED BETWEEN MATTRESS AND BUMPER; TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL - ASPHYXIA DUE TO SUFFOCATION BY OBSTRUCTION OF NOSE AND MOUTH; CHRONIC ANOXIC ENCEPHALOPATHY DUE TO MECONIUM ASPIRATION AT BIRTH - AUTOPSY YES.
32	040827CCN0935 G0480262A	Detroit, MI	8/24/04	4 mo F	A 4 MONTH OLD FEMALE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE BY HER PARENTS IN A CRIB AT HER HOME. THE PARENTS RECEIVED THE CRIB FROM A RELATIVE WHO PURCHASED IT FROM A THRIFT STORE. THE CRIB WAS MISSING THE MATTRESS SUPPORT SO THEY WENT TO A HARDWARE STORE AND HAD FIVE PIECES OF WOOD  CUT. THEY REALIZED THE PIECES OF WOOD WERE TOO LONG AND PUT THEM ON  AN ANGLE ALLOWING THE CORNER OF THE MATTRESS TO DEPRESS. THE CRIB CONTAINED A BUMPER PAD, TOYS, A QUILT AND A BLANKET. THE VICTIM WAS FOUND FACE DOWN IN AN AREA THAT WAS DEPRESSED. THE VICTIM'S CAUSE OF  DEATH IS PENDING.
33	070723CCC1639 566054487	New York, NY	12/15/05	4 mo F	A FOUR MONTH OLD FEMALE DIED FROM ASPHYXIATION WHEN SHE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS BY HER FATHER IN HER CRIB WITH HER HEAD COMPRESSED AGAINST THE CRIB BUMPER LOCATED IN HER HOME. THE CAUSE WAS ASPHYXIA ACCORDING TO THE ME'S REPORT.
34	626045306	Rochester Hills, MI	5/26/06	5 mo F	TRAPPED FACE-DOWN AGAINST PADDING IN THE CORNER  OF THE CRIB - PENDING, POSITION ASPHYXIA - AUTOPSY YES.
35	X0760223A	Plano, TX	10/4/06	4 mo M	A MALE INFANT, AGE 4 MONTHS, DIED WHEN HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS CRIB BY HIS MOTHER.  HIS FACE WAS UP AGAINST THE CRIB'S BUMPER PAD WHEN FOUND.  CAUSE OF DEATH: SIDS.
36	081006HCC2015 728001038	Ripley, MS	1/6/07	3 YR F	A THREE YEAR OLD FEMALE WAS FOUND IN A CRIB WITH A CRIB BUMPER WRAPPED AROUND HER HEAD AND NECK. SHE DIED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.
37	091021HCC2091 717054853	Flanagan, IL	9/7/07	5 mo M	THE BOY WAS SMOTHERED WHILE SLEEPING FACE DOWN AND UP AGAINST A BUMPER PADDING INSIDE A CRIB AT HIS MOTHER'S COUSIN'S HOME. THE BABYSITTER GAVE HIM A 4 OZ BOTTLE AT 5 A.M. AND AT 7:10 A.M. SHE FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE, BLUISH-PURPLE AND COLD TO THE TOUCH. HIS BODY WAS FACE DOWN WITH HIS FACE ON A BUMPER PAD THAT WAS PULLED DOWN LIKE HE WAS SNUGGLING WITH IT. AUTOPSY DETERMINED HE DIED OF "POSITIONAL ASPHYXIA WHILE LAYING FACE DOWN IN THICK SOFT CRIB BUMPER PAD BEDDING AT THE CORNER OF THE CRIB."
38	080702HCC1698 X0860273A	Poinciana, FL	10/1/07	2 mo F	A TWO-MONTH-OLD FEMALE DIED OF SUFFOCATION WHEN HER FACE AND BODY WERE PRESSED AGAINST THE BUMPER PAD INSIDE THE CRIB. HER ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BUMPER PAD AND THE SIDE RAILS, SO SHE COULD NOT PUSH HER SELF UP TO BREATH. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS IN THE CRIB THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT.
39	733008220	Claremont, NH	10/24/07	21 mo M	FACE BECAME PRESSED AGAINST CRIB BUMPER PAD WHILE SLEEPING - ASPHYXIA; SUFFOCATION - - AUTOPSY YES.
40	80401510	OH	1/6/08	2 YR F	PT FOUND AT HOME FACE DOWN IN CRIB BETWEEN PILLOW & BUMPER, COLD, STIFF & NOT BREATHING, SM AMOUNT OF BLOOD FOUND IN CRIB; DEATH CAUSE UNKNOWN
41	090901HCC1016 812049146	Bronson, FL	3/27/08	2 mo F	THE TWO MONTH OLD FEMALE WAS PLACED FACE UP IN THE UNKNOWN MODEL OF CRIB ON TOP OF A SOFA CUSHION WITH HER HEAD SLIGHTLY ELEVATED. NUMEROUS OTHER ITEMS AND PILLOWS WERE IN THE CRIB.  THE INFANT WAS FOUND DECEASED THE NEXT MORNING BY THE FATHER WEDGED BETWEEN A PILLOW AND THE BUMPER PAD.
42	845026186	Rock Hill, SC	8/17/08	3 mo F	WEDGED BETWEEN BUMPER GUARD AND PILLOW.  POSITIONAL ASPHYXIA. AUTOPSY-YES.
43	090611HCC2690 827026623	Inver Grove Hght, MN	9/9/08	2 mo M	A 10 WEEK OLD MALE INFANT WAS PLACED IN A FULL SIZED CRIB TO TAKE A NAP. HE WAS FOUND LYING WITH HIS FACE WEDGED AGAINST THE BUMPER PAD AND MATTRESS LYING ON HIS SIDE.  HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE.  HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND PRONOUNCED DEAD DUE TO ASPHYXIA DUE TO OBSTRUCTION OF THE NOSE AND MOUTH.
44	090904CNE0001 I0981399A	Hillside, IL	8/20/09	4 mo F	A 4 MONTH OLD FEMALE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HER CRIB ON HER SIDE WITH HER FOREHEAD PRESSED AGAINST THE BUMPER PAD.  THE INFANT WAS SLEEPING ON A MATTRESS THAT WAS VERY SOFT AND PLIABLE.
45	100420CWE2055 H1040227A	Austin, TX	2/26/10	6 mo M	A six-month-old male victim suffered fatal suffocation while taking a mid-day nap in his crib. The victim's mother reported her son was placed in the middle of his crib, laying on his back for a nap. When she returned two hours later he was up against the crib's bumper pad, in the corner of the crib, unconscious with a light blue color. CPR was performed but failed to revive the victim. He was pronounced dead the following day at a local children's hospital. Toys and blankets were also in the crib at the time of the incident.
46	100810HWE2299	Palmer, AK	4/8/10	1 mo M	A seven-week-old male victim died when he rolled out of a sleep positioner and became stuck at the corner of the bumper pad. The victim was put to bed about 11:30 p.m. and the parents found the child the following morning at approximately 6:15 a.m. The victim was found by his father turned on his stomach with his face against the bumper pad and mattress. The victim's father screamed for his wife and removed the victim from the crib. The victim's father initiated CPR on him and called 9-1-1. When EMS arrived, the victim was pronounced dead.
47	101007HCC1021	Crystal River, FL	5/10/10	3 mo M	A 3-month-old male was sleeping in his full size crib on his stomach when his father found him face down on the corner of a regular size pillow with his head leaning against the bumper pad. He died of positional asphyxia.
48	100802HNE0563	Royal Oak, MI	7/9/10	4 mo F	A 4-month-old female infant was placed to sleep in a harnessed infant seat which was placed in a crib with bumper pads. When the victim's father checked the video monitor he did not see the victim in the infant seat. He went into the bedroom and found the victim not breathing, still harnessed in the infant seat with her head hanging off and tilted back with the neck hyper-extended and her face in the bumper pad of the crib. The victim was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. The cause of death was position/compression asphyxia.