Can Wooden Bunk Beds Collapse

An urgent recall has been issued for kids bunk beds over fears they could collapse and potentially cause serious injury or even death.

Can wooden bunk beds collapse. Mom shares story of son s tragic bunk bed accident death as warning to parents. The recalled bunk beds do not comply with federal safety standards and have wooden side slat supports that can separate from the bed frame causing the upper bunk to collapse. Antoinette roberts a mom of five knows firsthand how dangerous bunk beds can be. Noone said that it wont happen.

In which case dont do it. Death by collapse of a top bunk on a bunk bed is impossible if a regular human being is on top even if they were morbidly obese. There are fears the plastic brackets holding the beds. Recalled 200 stinson wooden bunk beds due to side and guard rail breaks which resulted in two 3 year old girls being injured in two separate bed collapse incidents.

Make sure there are no missing pieces and everything is tightened sufficiently. If it s not assembled properly yes it can collapse. The firm is aware of seven incidents in which the upper bunk collapsed after the side slat supports separated from the bunk bed s frame. You d need to have several tons of weight on the top.

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News 1 47 pm pdt october 14 2016 caitlin nolan. Can the bunk bed collapse. They said that it more than likely wont happen. Imagine how much pieces of wood would have to be broken and how much screws would have to be loosened and etc for something like that to actually happen.