CPSC, Vermont Castings, Majestic Products Announce Recall of Space Heaters
Vermont Castings
Hazard: Overheating inside the space heaters can cause the exterior to become extremely hot, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
Recalls where the official CPSC notice identifies a burn hazard from heat, steam, hot surfaces, or hot contents.
493 supported household-product notices found in official CPSC data.
Vermont Castings
Hazard: Overheating inside the space heaters can cause the exterior to become extremely hot, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
White Consolidated Industries
Hazard: These air conditioners can short circuit, posing a risk of fires, and shock and burn injuries to consumers.
Dynasty
Hazard: The igniters are too far from the burners, which can cause a delayed ignition of gas. The large amount of gas released can cause fire to escape from the oven, putting consumers at risk of burn injuries and house fires.
Hazard: An electronic component inside the plug can overheat, presenting a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
DEWALT
Hazard: The battery charger can fail to automatically shut off after the battery is fully charged, which can cause the battery to burst, and poses fire, burn and electrical shock hazards to consumers.
Williams-Sonoma
Hazard: The grills can be difficult or impossible to turn off and the temperature control can malfunction. This poses fire, burn, and explosion hazards to consumers.
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.
American Honda
Hazard: The lawnmowers' fuel tanks' seam can split or crack, leaking fuel, and creating a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
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.
York International
Hazard: Because of inadequate gluing, the insulation surrounding the heat exchanger can separate from the cabinet wall of the furnace, and fall onto the heat exchanger. This could cause surrounding combustible material and drywall to catch on fire, which has the potential to cause burn injuries and deaths.
Amana gas-fueled down-draft
Hazard: Fire & Fire-Related Burn