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Product Recall Number: 14-221

Why was Fixed-base routers and router bases recalled?

The router base handles are not insulated, posing an electric shock hazard.

Fixed-base routers and router bases
Here's product recall specific data for Fixed-base routers and router bases.

  • Product Recall Number: 14-221

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2014-07-02

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Fixed-base routers and router bases

  • Description: Handles on the router bases are not insulated, which can pose a risk of electrical shock.

  • Hazard Description: The router base handles are not insulated, posing an electric shock hazard.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 100,000 in the United States and about 7,800 in Canada

  • Incidents: None reported

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled routers and router bases, unplug the routers and contact Porter-Cable for a free replacement router base with insulation on the handles.

  • Sold At: Major industrial equipment suppliers and woodworker suppliers nationwide from 1990 to April 2014 for about $85 to $690 depending on the model.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: Mexico.

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed