CPSC warns four OasisSpace bed rails after entrapment death risk

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Friday urged consumers to stop using four models of OasisSpace adult portable bed rails sold online after finding they pose an entrapment and asphyxiation hazard linked to at least one death. The warning covers about 86,100 OasisSpace bed rails distributed by Gold Kernal LLC and sold from July 2019 through February 2025 on OasisSpace.com, Amazon.com and Walmart.com, as well as by third party sellers on other websites.

The CPSC said the agency opened the alert after an 81 year old woman in Ohio died in October 2023 after becoming entrapped between an OasisSpace bed rail and a mattress. The commission found the rails failed to meet requirements of the federal Safety Standard for Adult Portable Bed Rails and issued a Notice of Violation to Gold Kernal for models manufactured after August 21, 2023. Gold Kernal has not agreed to recall the products or offered consumers a remedy, the CPSC said.

The agency identified the four models as F042, F127, G132 and G286. The F042 is adjustable from about 28.5 to 42 inches in height and is roughly 17 inches wide with white metal tubing and a black foam handle. The F127 is adjustable from about 12 to...