Electric Baseboard and Fan Heater Thermostats
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The thermostats can overheat, causing them to melt and smoke. This poses a burn hazard to the consumer.
Household items, electronics, toys, and furniture
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The thermostats can overheat, causing them to melt and smoke. This poses a burn hazard to the consumer.
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The brake mechanism on the strollers can fail, posing an injury hazard.
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The screws on the safety latches and outlet covers can loosen and/or break. When this happens, young children can gain access to electrical outlets and other potentially hazardous items.
Kohler Co., of Kohler, Wis.
The hinge panel of the shower door can shatter, posing a laceration hazard.
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Some pads do not stick to the bathtub surface, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
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The chair can collapse when weight is placed on it, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
Homelite Consumer Products Inc., of Anderson, S.C.
The surface cleaner attachment's nozzle and spray bar can break and detach, striking and/or breaking the unit's plastic housing. The broken nozzle, spray bar and/or plastic housing can strike consumers, posing a laceration hazard.
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The helmet provides insufficient shock absorption and resistance to penetration, posing a head injury hazard.
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Lamps can overheat, causing the adhesive inside the lamp socket to melt and migrate into the bulb area of the socket. The cooled glue can adhere to the light bulb base and make the bulb difficult to remove which can result in a broken light bulb, posing a risk of laceration to consumers. Melted flammable glue that migrates onto the electrical components of the lamp poses a risk of fire.
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The oscillating mechanism in the heaters can short out, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
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Manufacturing defects in the lanyard connecting the handle to the pocket or the cable securing the pocket to the harness can prevent the weight pockets from easily detaching from the harness and releasing the weights when the handle is pulled. This poses a drowning hazard to consumers.
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Some lanyards are missing a safety stitch on the attachment loop, which can cause the lanyard to disconnect from the climbing harness, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
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The garments fail to meet the federal flammability standard for wearing apparel, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Changzhou Globe Tool Group Co. Ltd., of China
The electric log splitters have a hydraulic arm that, during use, slides under the handle used to move the machine. The moving hydraulic arm poses a laceration or amputation injury hazard to individuals who place their hands on that handle while the splitter is in operation.
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Plastic knobs can break from the center of the stars, posing a choking hazard to young children.
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Some gloves were found to contain a variety of molds that could cause respiratory or other infections in individuals with chronic health problems, or in individuals who have impaired immune systems.
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The glass votive candle holders can shatter while in use, posing a fire and laceration hazard to consumers.
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The garments fail to meet the federal flammability standards for children's sleepwear posing a risk of burn injury to children. The garments are being recalled because they do not meet the tight-fitting sizing requirements.
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The paint used on the drum is in excess of the maximum allowable level of 90 ppm, a violation of the federal lead paint standard.
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The heating element in these toasters can remain energized indefinitely when an item is placed in the toaster which may ignite the contents, posing a fire hazard if the toaster is near flammable items.