Ralph Lauren Polo everyday clothes

The reports, as CPSC published them

1. Emergency room

   Made Feb 24, 2016 · , sent to the company Apr 5, 2016 · , published by CPSC Apr 19, 2016

   The product, in the report: Girl’s zippered, hooded sweatshirt A toddler, under the age of 3, was put to bed for a nap wearing this sweatshirt. There was nothing in or around the bed that would have or could have caused this laceration. When the mother went into the room she found that the child was still asleep and had removed the sweatshirt sometime during the nap. She was bleeding and had a wound with internal tissue visible. The metal zipper on this garment is very rough when you run your fingers in an upward direction, which would have been the direction necessary to remove the garment if pulling it over head, rather than unzipping it. The child did not have the skill level to have unzipped the garment to remove it. The attending physician remarked that the wound was “probably caused by the zipper.” As this wound heals it takes on a “zig zag,” tear appearance as if the zipper ripped the skin as it was being pulled over the head. I request that the CPSC investigate this and determine if this type of zipper apparatus should be modified in garments manufactured for young children. Explanation: I brought this incident to the attention of the CPSC because I was concerned and shocked that a metal zipper in a child’s garment could cause an injury. This may be the first time this type of injury has been brought to your attention, or it may be yet another injury to add to your list. Regardless it was an injury that was not the result of any negligence on the part of the parent or toddler. A physically, mentally and emotionally normal toddler took a nap wearing a sweatshirt with a metal zipper. At some point during the nap she took the sweatshirt off. While doing so, the zipper caught the skin in her neck,causing the injury. [REDACTED] was initially taken to an urgent care facility. After inspecting the laceration her parents were told they could not treat her and suggested she be taken to a hospital emergency room. This level of injury suggests to me that your commission would be interested in investigating the issue and possibly suggesting material improvements.

   My granddaughter was taking an afternoon nap at home in her bed. The only items in the bed were sheets, a pillow and her gauze blanket. She was wearing the Ralph Lauren Polo sweat suit that I had given her as a Christmas gift. When she awoke, her mother found her with the zipper sweatshirt completely off her body. She had a laceration just below/under the chin bone. According to her parents, the cut was deep enough that body tissue the size and color of a “raspberry” was visible. She was taken to an Urgent Care facility and they would not treat her. They told her parents to take her to a hospital emergency room.

   I told the CPSC representative in the telephone interview that the emergency physician said that the injury was “most likely caused by the zipper.” These were not my words. The physician came to this conclusion because she was told there was nothing else in the bed, and that [REDACTED] had pulled the garment off at some point. The physician said that the location of the injury was such that it could not have been caused by her hitting something. If that had occurred her chin bone would have been injured.

   Model

   888978854128 402/57

   Serial number

   unknown

   Bought from

   Macy’s, Arizona

   Bought

   Dec 12, 2015

   Where

   Scottsdale, Arizona: Home/Apartment/Condominium

   Who was involved

   Age 2, Female

   The reporter’s relation to them

   Other Relative

   As this report names them

   Brand Ralph Lauren Polo, made or sold by Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation

   How badly, in CPSC’s words

   Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received

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