Product type
Recalls involving nailers, nail guns, and staplers.
10 official CPSC notices published 2005–2025, covering at least 297,350 units.
Type the model number from your nail gun's label. Every model number named in a nail gun recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
16 model numbers
Hart 18-Gauge 2" Brad Nailers · 22-017 · 2021
Hitachi Koki Pneumatic Nailer · 14-205 · 2014
RIDGID Coil Roofing Nailer and RIDGID Clipped Head Framing… · 13-059 · 2012
Hitachi Koki Coil Nailers · 10-163 · 2010
Porter-Cable Cordless Brad Nailer · 06-201 · 2006
DeWALT Framing Nailers · 05-580 · 2005
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RIDGID Brushless
The dual action engagement system on the nailers can malfunction and involuntarily discharge a nail by pulling the trigger alone, posing a laceration hazard to consumers. The nailer should require both the work piece contact element (nose-piece) to be depressed and the trigger to be pulled at the same time in order to discharge a nail.
The contact sensor on the nailer can malfunction and involuntarily discharge a nail, posing a risk of serious injury to the user or bystanders.
The pneumatic nailers can jam and override the safety switch that permits only one nail to fire at a time, posing an injury risk.
The trigger assembly on the nailers can malfunction and involuntarily discharge a fastener, posing a laceration or injury hazard to consumers.
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The nailers could have a faulty feeder that can allow nails to be ejected sideways, posing a serious injury hazard to the user or bystanders.
The bump action trigger on the framing nailers could have been incorrectly assembled during production, which would allow the nailer to eject a fastener unexpectedly or cause the trigger lock-off not to function. This can pose a serious injury hazard to the user or bystander.
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The nailer can operate when the lock-off (safety) is in the locked position. Also, the nailer can operate when the trigger is not pulled and the contact trip is depressed. The unexpected ejection of a nail poses a serious injury hazard to consumers.
The fuel cells used to power cordless framing nailers can leak fuel, posing a fire hazard.
The nailer can eject a nail while the switch is in the "off" position, if the trigger is pulled and it is placed on a surface. This can pose a serious injury to consumers or bystanders.
The contact trip on some of the nailers could malfunction and cause a nail to eject unexpectedly, posing a risk of serious injury to consumers.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 10 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
The Home Depot (4), Amazon (2), Lowe's (2), Walmart (2), and W.W. Grainger (1) are the stores named most often in the 9 notices that say where nailers were sold. 5 of the 9 notices mention online sales.
The 9 notices that give a price range from $11 to $400. Half of them name a price of $230 or less.
By the 9 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 9 months or less; the longest for 4.5 years. Half the recalls came within 11 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A repair in 2 of the 4 notices that name a remedy, a refund in 1, a replacement in 1. Some notices offer more than one.
Fire is named in 2 of the 10 notices (20%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then laceration (2).
4 of the 10 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 2 report injuries. 6 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
6 of the 10 notices list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 4, date codes or manufacture dates in 6. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.
Where the notices say the numbers are: “on the body of the product”, “on the nailers”, and “on the name plate on the magazine of the unit”.
Taiwan (3), Mexico (2), United States (2), China (1) and Japan (1), in the 10 notices that name a manufacturing country.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 10 recall notices for nailers since 2005, covering at least 297,350 units. The most recent is “TTI Consumer Power Tools Recalls RIDGID Framing Nailers Due to Laceration Hazard” (CPSC 25-416), announced July 31, 2025.
No. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice for nailers in 2026. The most recent was announced July 31, 2025 (CPSC 25-416).
“Fuel Cells Used With Framing Nailers Recalled by Paslode for Fire Hazard” (CPSC 08-269), announced May 15, 2008: about 86,000 units.
Brands named most often: DEWALT (3), Hitachi Koki (2), One World Technologies and Porter-Cable, plus 5 more brands. Brand-name products are often made by another firm, so one recall can span several brands.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe. 6 of the 10 notices here list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 4 and date codes or manufacture dates in 6.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across nail gun recalls, the remedies offered most often are repair (2), refund (1) and replacement (1).
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