A year after child's death, more residential elevators recalled

Federal safety regulators have recalled a slew of residential elevators over the years because of potentially deadly risks to children, and September is proving to be a case in point, with three such recalls issued this month alone. 

All three recalls involve a problem that is relatively inexpensive to fix with space guards or electronic monitoring devices that deactivate the elevators after a child is detected in a gap between the inner and outer doors, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. 

One of the recalls involves some of 15,200 residential elevators made by Custom Elevator, more than a year after a child was crushed to death after being trapped in one of the products, according to the agency and the company.