Graco Fined Over Late Disclosure of Faulty Baby Products (2:10)
[New Words]
♧ high chair : n. 어린이의 식사용 높은 의자
♧ stroller : n. (접을 수 있는) 유모차
♧ defect : n. 결점, 결함, 약점, 결손
♧ toddler : n. 아장아장 걷는 아이
♧ penalty : n. 형벌, 벌금, 벌점
♧ impose : v. (의무, 벌, 세금 등을)지우다, 부과하다, 강제하다 ↔ lift
♧ hazard : n. 위험, 모험, 운
♧ rock : v. 좌우로 살살 흔들다, 진정시키다, 달래다
♧ attachment : n. 부착물, 부속물, 연결장치, 부착, 첨부물; 압류, 압류영장
♧ portable : a. 휴대용의, 들고 다닐 수 있는
♧ crib : n. 어린이 침대(테두리가 있는), 구유, 여물통
♧ work out : v. (계획 등을) 완전히 세우다, 문제를 풀다
♧ knowingly : ad. 알고서, 고의로
♧ violate : v. 위배/위반하다
♧ advocate : n. 주창자, 옹호자, 변호사
♧ isolate : v. 고립시키다, 단절시키다, 분리하다
♧ flaw : n. 결함, 흠, 결점
♧ put pressure on A : A에 압력을 가하다
One of the nation's largest manufacturers of car seats, high chairs and strollers, a company called Graco, has agreed to pay four million dollars for failing to warn the public about defects in its products. The list of products is long. The latest recall of 1.2 million Graco toddler beds was announced only today. Here's ABC's David Muir.
It is the largest penalty ever imposed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission because the government believes Graco sat on information that could have saved lives.
"What they failed to do was to report product hazards that resulted from injuries that they were aware of with their products."
The government says there were defects in more than 12 million products sold from 1991 to 2002. Defects that injured hundreds of children and killed six. Many of the cases involve babies fallen from high chairs, strollers and swings.
"And that I could rock you to sleep in this, huh?"
In 2002, Lisa Davis's one-year-old daughter, Elizabeth died. Lisa says the baby's neck was caught in an attachment on a portable crib made by Graco. After the baby's death, the family wrote to the company about their concerns. Davis says 9 months went by before Graco issued warning labels.
"Nine months is a lot ofe. There is a lot of children in those products, and a lot of parents using those products."
Graco says it took that long to work out the warning with the government. That portable crib is not part of today's penalty.
Companies are required by law to report any kind of safety concerns with their products to the government immediately. Graco says it did not knowingly violate that law.
"But families are out their not knowing that the product they're using has already injured and killed a child."
Child Safety advocate Nancy Cowles says the Graco case is not isolated.
"The companies keep that information, hoping that they can either fix the flaw or it's not going to happen again and that they're not going to have to recall the product."
The government believes today's record penalty will put pressure on companies to report complaints more quickly.