CPSC, Manufacturers Announce Recall of Wooden Bunk Beds
Home product recall 99-018. Announced by CPSC on Nov 10, 1998.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Nov 10, 1998. Copied from CPSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- More than 37,000 units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The beds have spaces on the top bunk that present potential entrapment and strangulation hazards to young children. The spaces can be large enough for a child’s body to pass through, but small enough to entrap a child’s head.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should stop using the recalled beds immediately and call the company for a replacement guardrail, retrofit kit or instructions that will eliminate the potential entrapment hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Consumers may call Fine Pine at (800) 874-5737, New England Woodcraft at (802) 247-8211, J.I.M. Manufacturing at (800) 989-6141, I.E.M. Furniture at (800) 869-1688, or Padilla’s Furniture at (323) 232-2310. If consumers are not sure of the bunk bed manufacturer or have any questions about this recall, they should call CPSC’s Hotline at (800) 638-2772.
Which ones are recalled?
The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) voluntary standard for bunk beds requires that, in addition to having guardrails on both sides of the top bunk, any spaces between the guardrail and bed frame, and in the head and foot boards on the top bunk, be less than 3.5 inches. The manufacturers, listed below, are participating in this recall to improve the safety of the beds and to meet the requirements of the voluntary standard. The manufacturers also will send consumers permanent labels to be placed on the beds to warn not to put children under the age of 6 on the upper bunk. CPSC and the manufacturers continue to urge parents and caregivers not to put children under the age of 6 on the top bunk. Manufacturer Models (Twin Beds) Distribution Locations Fine Pine Vinemont, AL (800) 874-5737 1010, 1030, 1180, 1130 (formerly 56) and 1060 (formerly 32) 1990-1998 Nationwide New England Woodcraft Forest Dale, VT (802) 247-8211 Bed NE 120, 1020, 1120; Ladder NE 144, and 1144 1994-1997 Nationwide J.I.M. Manufacturing Los Angeles, CA (800) 989-6141 Sprindle Oaxaca Solid 1986-1998 Southern California and Nevada I.E.M. Furniture City of Commerce, CA (800) 869-1688 2121D 2121N 1996-1998 Nationwide Padilla’s Furniture Los Angeles, CA (323) 232-2310 3370 Literas 100 1996-1998 Southern California
More than 37,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Wooden Bunk Beds.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Fine Pine, Vinemont, AL.
- Made by New England Woodcraft, Forest Dale, VT.
- Made by J.I.M. Manufacturing, Los Angeles, CA.
- Made by I.E.M. Furniture, City of Commerce, CA.
- Made by Padilla’s Furniture, Los Angeles, CA.
- The recalled beds were sold through flea markets and in specialty and furniture stores, including Workbench furniture store.
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Was anyone hurt?
CPSC is not aware of any deaths associated with the beds being recalled by these five manufacturers. However, since 1990, 39 children have died from becoming entrapped in wooden or metal bunk beds with similar spaces on the top bunk. Thirty-seven of those children were 3 years old or younger. Since 1994, more than half a million hazardous bunk beds have been recalled.
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What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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