Product Recall Number: 01-036a

Product Recall Number: 01-036a

Product Safety Warning Number:

Date: 2000-11-20

Product Safety Warning Date:

Name Of Product: 16-inch "PIONEER" brand desk fans

Description: PRODUCT: Desk Fans - The Morton Paper Co., of Brooklyn, N.Y., is voluntarily recalling about 4,500 desk fans. The desk fan being recalled is a 16-inch "PIONEER" brand. The desk fan is labeled on its base as "PIONEER, 16" DESK FAN, MADE IN TAIWAN". Discount stores in the metropolitan New York area sold these electric fans from April 1999 through June 2000 for about $20. PROBLEM: The fans could overheat during use, and do not have sufficient guards to prevent possible finger entrapment. These fans present electrocution, shock, fire, and finger amputation hazards. INCIDENTS/INJURIES: None reported. WHAT TO DO: Consumers should stop using these fans immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund. For more information, call Morton Paper Co. collect at (718) 417-1717 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.

Hazard Description: The fans could overheat during use, and do not have sufficient guards to prevent possible finger entrapment. These fans present electrocution, shock, fire, and finger amputation hazards.

Consumer Action: None Listed

Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

Remedy Type: Refund

Units: About 4,500

Incidents: None reported.

Remedy: Consumers should stop using these fans immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund.

Sold At: Discount stores in the metropolitan New York area sold these electric fans from April 1999 through June 2000 for about $20.

Importers: None Listed

Manufacturers: None Listed

Distributors: None Listed

Manufactured In: Taiwan

Custom Label: None Listed

Custom Field: None Listed