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Report Summary

40 YOF reports that she felt pain while sleeping on a mattress. She and her husband found fiberglass shards on the sheets. She thinks the fiberglass was used on the mattress as a fire retardant. 35 YOM and 40 YOF both suffered skin, eye, and throat irritation.

Product Details
  • Product Description: memory foam mattress Face: 100% rayon inner:100% polyester Back:100% polyester bottom: 100% polyester Inner cover: 60% glass fiber 40% viscose
  • Manufacturer/Importer/Private Labeler Name: ALDI, Inc.
  • Brand Name: Huntington Homes
  • Model Name or Number: memory foam 10 inch matress
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  • Date Manufactured:
  • Retailer: Aldi
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  • Purchase Date: 10/8/2018
  • Product Category: Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations
  • Product Type: Bedroom, Bedding & Bath
  • Product Code: Mattresses, Not Specified (4010)
Associated Recall
Incident Details
  • Incident Description: Less than a year ago in October we bought a mattress from Aldi. We had previously purchased a high end mattress from a furniture store and did not have a good experience. We were skeptical at first but when we brought the product home we loved it until yesterday. We recently started having lots of mosquitoes due to the rain here in Oklahoma. For a week now I've been sleeping restlessly because I was getting bites in my sleep. Or so I thought. I was waking to sharp pricks mostly in my legs. Finally yesterday I was awake to feel the pain. 100% alert. After having freshly washed all my linens and putting them back on my bed, I lied down on the bed to chat with my husband when I felt sharp prickles in my arms. I convinced my husband to feel the sheets and he felt it too. I got up and checked the sheets really closely to find small tiny glittery needles all over my sheets. At first I was at a loss to what it could be. But I remembered watching people patch boats as a child and remembered the fibers in fiberglass netting for patches. So I googled it. I found that fiber glass is used to encase beds because it meets the requirements of flame retardant bedding. I know from reading the packaging of fiberglass that it is hazardous to the skin, eyes, nose and lungs. Because fiberglass can imbed, it can cause blindness among many other things. My skin, eyes and throat are irritated as well as my husband's. I wrote an email to Aldi asking for a refund and they have not responded. The mattress was supposed to have a teen year warranty. Fiberglass is known to be hazardous why is this legal?
  • Incident Date: 9/14/2019
  • Incident Location: Home/Apartment/Condominium
Victims Involved
  • Injury Information: Injury - First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
  • My Relationship to the Victim: My Spouse
  • Sex: Male
  • Victim's Age When Incident Occurred: 35 years
Comments from the Manufacturer/Private Labeler
Additional Details
  • Submitter has product?: Yes
  • Product was damaged before incident?: No
  • Product was modified before incident?: No
  • If yes to any, explanation: The product is outside near the trash receptacle. I emailed Aldi yesterday after the incident.
  • Have you contacted the manufacturer?: Yes
  • If Not, Do you plan to?:
  • Report Number: 20190915-97264-2147377672
  • Report Date: 9/15/2019
  • Sent to Manufacturer/Importer/Private Labeler: 10/10/2019
  • Report First Publication Date: 10/25/2019
  • Category of Submitter: Consumer