Product Recall Number: 11281
Why was Homelite Surface Cleaner Attachments recalled?
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.
Product Recall Number: 11281
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2011-07-20
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Homelite Surface Cleaner Attachments
Description: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Hazard Description: 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.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 40,000 in the United States and 1,200 in Canada
Incidents: The firm has received nine reports of incidents involving the recalled surface cleaner attachments, including one laceration injury and three reports of minor property damage.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled surface cleaner attachments, and contact Homelite to receive a free replacement surface cleaner attachment.
Sold At: Home Depot stores nationwide from February 2010 through June 2011 for about $70 when sold as an attachment and about $450 when sold with a pressure washer.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: Homelite Consumer Products Inc., of Anderson, S.C.
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed