40 supported household-product notices published in 2000, from official CPSC data.
Jetmax International
Hazard: The rear legs of the chair can separate from the rocker's base, causing it to collapse, and the child seated in the chair can fall.
BOSCH Angle
Hazard: Some grinders were shipped without the side handle, which is used to control and guide the tool. Use of the grinder without the side handle can cause consumers to lose control of the tool and be injured.
Universal Security Instruments
Hazard: The smoke alarms can fail to alarm when smoke or fire is present. A capacitor in the alarm can burn out, releasing smoke and melting the cover.
99 Cents Only Store, in City
Hazard: Because of the high-pressure contents of these fire extinguishers, they can explode and expose consumers to flying debris, causing puncture wounds and blast injuries.
International Business Machines (IBM)
Hazard: These AC adapters can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
Weed Wizard
Hazard: The end link of the trimmer's metal chain can rapidly and unexpectedly detach during use, propelling the link into the air at a high velocity. If the metal link strikes the user or a bystander, it can penetrate skin and bone, causing injury or death.
Sta-Rite Industries
Hazard: The battery chargers can overheat and ignite, melting the charger housing and posing a fire hazard.
Proctor-Silex
Hazard: The heating elements in these toasters can remain on after the toast pops up. This poses a fire hazard.
American Honda
Hazard: The lawnmowers' fuel tanks' seam can split or crack, leaking fuel, and creating a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
Boston Warehouse Trading
Hazard: The screws holding the chair's front leg folding mechanism can work loose, causing the chair to collapse, resulting in injury.
Bissel PowerClean and PureAir
Hazard: The power cord insulation can tear where the cord attaches to the vacuum, exposing bare wires. This poses a risk of shock and burns to consumers.
The Standard Mattress
Hazard: Some of these futons may fail cigarette ignition resistance tests, in violation of the federal Flammable Fabrics Act, because the boric acid flame retardant inside the futons may not have been evenly disbursed. This could result in burn injuries, should one of these futons catch fire.