Product Recall Number: 18-204
Why was WorkSafe 3-D cell flashlights recalled?
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.
Product Recall Number: 18-204
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2018-08-14
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: WorkSafe 3-D cell flashlights
Description: This recall involvesWorkSafe 3-D cell flashlights, model number 2224 LED. The model number is printed at the top right side of the text contained on the flashlight. The flashlight is safety orange with a black reflector assembly and black end cap and measures about 10.25 inches long by 2 inches in diameter. Only 3-D cell flashlights that do not contain a date code stamped on the body of the units are included in the recall
Hazard Description: 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.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 7,500 (In addition, 200 were sold in Canada)
Incidents: None reported
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using these recalled flashlights and inspect the flashlights for a missing date code on the body of the flashlights. If the recalled flashlight does not have a date code, contact Koehler-Bright Star for free replacement parts.
Sold At: Koehler-Bright Star Industrial distributors, Grainger and online at Amazon.com from January 2017 through May 2018 for about $21.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: Koehler-Bright Star, of Hanover, Pa.
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: United States
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed