15 official CPSC notices mention W.W. Grainger in the where-sold text. A mention describes where the recalled product was sold, not who conducted the recall.
The control board inside the motor of the recalled air conditioners can fail, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards.
The ceramic cloth abrasive flaps on the disc can detach while in use on a grinder, posing laceration and injury hazards.
The work boots can be missing the metatarsal guard, posing an impact hazard to the user's feet.
An unlocked handle can pinch consumers' fingers against the generator frame when the generator is moved, posing finger amputation and crushing hazards.
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An unlocked handle can pinch consumers' fingers against the generator frame when the generator is moved, posing finger amputation and crushing hazards.
The blower's shoulder straps, plastic buckles, or the anti-static ground wire can be drawn into the blower fan and fan housing causing plastic pieces to be expelled from the machine, posing laceration and impact hazards.
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The flashlights are missing an encapsulation on a circuit board component which protects the flashlight from igniting an explosive environment, posing an injury hazard to the user or bystander.
The boots and shoes can fail to protect feet when heavy or sharp objects fall on them, posing an injury hazard to consumers.
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The lamp can separate from its base and fall onto consumers below, posing an impact hazard.
Lamps can overheat, posing fire, burn and electric shock hazards.
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 circuit board can overheat and cause the fixture to melt, catch fire and ignite nearby items, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
Counted across all 15 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Amazon (6), The Home Depot (6), Lowe's (3), Northern Tool (3), and True Value (3) are also named in the 15 notices that say where the products were sold. 11 of the 15 notices mention online sales.
The 15 notices that give a price range from $7 to $9,260. Half of them name a price of $150 or less.
By the 15 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 17 months or less; the longest for 8 years. Half the recalls came within 19 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A repair in 7 of the 14 notices that name a remedy, a refund in 4, a replacement in 4. Some notices offer more than one.
Fire is named in 7 of the 15 notices (47%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then burn (5), impact (3), crushing (2), and electric shock (2).
12 of the 15 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 4 report injuries. 3 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
China (5), United States (4), Mexico (3), Japan (1) and Taiwan (1), in the 14 notices that name a manufacturing country.
4 notices in 2021–2025, down from 5 in 2016–2020. Across all CPSC notices on file, the count rose 16% over the same years.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 15 recall notices for consumer products sold at W.W. Grainger since 2000. Each notice names W.W. Grainger as a place the product was sold, not as the firm conducting the recall. The most recent is “Friedrich Air Conditioning Recalls KÜHL Window Air Conditioners Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire and Burn Hazards” (CPSC 26-776), announced September 17, 2026.
Yes. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 1 recall notice for consumer products sold at W.W. Grainger in 2026, on September 17, 2026 (CPSC 26-776).
By number of notices: generators (3), shoes & footwear (2), lamps (2), air conditioners (1), battery chargers (1) and leaf blowers (1), plus 4 more product types.
“Lithonia Lighting Recalls Emergency Lights Due to Fire Hazard” (CPSC 14-194), announced May 28, 2014: about 1.7 million units.
Find the model number on the product's rating label and enter it in the site search. An exact match names the official CPSC notice that lists that number; open it to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across recalls of products sold at W.W. Grainger, the remedies offered most often are repair (7), refund (4) and replacement (4).
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