PRODUCTRECALLS
DAN
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable
risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products. Below are just a few of those
products.
Campbell Hausfeld recalls air compressors Wagner Spray Tech recalls heat guns
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), The U.S. CPSC, and Wagner Spray Tech Corp., of Min-
in cooperation with Campbell Hausfeld announced a vol- neapolis, Minn. announced a voluntary recall of 300,000
untary recall of 16,000 units of Campbell Heat Guns. The product poses a fire and burn hazard as
Hausfeld Air Compressors. Consumers an electrical component failure
were urged t0 stop using recalled can cause them to continue to
products immediately. The compres- produce heat after the power
sor thermal overload, which shuts switch is turned off. The firm
the unit off when it overheats, can has received nine reports of the
fail. This can lead to overheating, heat guns overheating. Sold at
melting of parts and a risk of fire. hardware and home improvement
Manufactured in China, the prod- stores in the U.S. from Novem-
uct was sold at Wal-Mart stores ber 2004 through April 2009 for
from January 2009 through about $40, the product was manu-
June 2009 for about $250. factured in China.
Laceration Hazard prompts recall by Starbucks of Digital Clamp Meters recalled by Fluke
coffee grinders In cooperation with Fluke Corp., of Everett, Wash.,
Starbucks Coffee Co., announced a voluntary recall of the U.S. CPSC announced a voluntary recall of
about 530,000 units of Starbucks Barista Blade the 52,000 units of Fluke Digital Clamp Meters.
Grinders and Seattle Best Coffee Blade Grind- The meters can fail to give an appropriate volt-
ers. Manufactured by Tsann Kuen (Zhang- age reading, resulting in the operator falsely
zhou) Enterprise Co. Ltd. of China, the prod- believing the electrical power is off, posing
uct was sold at Starbucks and Seattle Best a shock, electrocution, or thermal burn haz-
Coffee stores from March 2002 through ard. Manufactured in China, the product
March 2009 for about $30. The firm has was sold by industrial distributors, electri-
received 176 reports of grinders that failed cal wholesalers and hardware stores from
to turn off or that turned on unexpectedly, January 2008 through February 2009 for
including three reports of hand lacerations between $150 and $375.
that occurred when the grinders turned on
unexpectedly during cleaning.
Trek recalls bicycles
The U.S. CPSC and Trek Bicycle Corp., of Waterloo, Wisconsin,
announced a voluntary recall of about 16,000 bicycles with
JD suspension forks. The recalled bicycle fork can lose
alignment causing the front wheel to turn unexpectedly,
causing the rider to lose control and crash. There have
been four reports of misaligned forks. Made in China
(the forks only), the bike was sold at trek bicycle dealers
from August 2008 through April 2009 for between $640
and $940.
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