Product Recall Number: 20-167
Why was CFMK Surface Mount Brackets recalled?
The brackets can fail to securely surface mount the CPANL LED and fall unexpectedly, posing a risk of injury from impact.
Product Recall Number: 20-167
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2020-08-19
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: CFMK Surface Mount Brackets
Description: This recall involves metal CFMK H-Brackets that are screwed into the ceiling and used to surface mount CPANL LED fixtures. The CFMK Bracket was included as an optional mounting accessory with 1x4, 2x4 and 2x2 CPANLs sold by retailers and was available as a separate accessory for CPANL LEDs sold by commercial distributors.
Hazard Description: The brackets can fail to securely surface mount the CPANL LED and fall unexpectedly, posing a risk of injury from impact.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 318,500 (in addition, about 11,600 were sold in Canada)
Incidents: The firm has received 24 reports of CPANL LEDs coming loose or falling from the CFMK Bracket, resulting in one injury.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using CPANL LEDs surface mounted with a CFMK Bracket and contact Lithonia Lighting for a free CFMK Bracket repair kit. Consumers should prevent people from going into the immediate area under the fixtures until the brackets are repaired.
Sold At: Lowe’s Stores and other home improvement stores nationwide and online at Lowes.com from August 2018 through June 2020 for CFMK Brackets included with CPANL LEDs for between $85 and $100 and commercial electrical distributors from January 2019 through June 2020 for CFMK Brackets as a separate accessory for commercial CPANL LED applications for about $12.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: Lithonia Lighting, a division of Acuity Brands Lighting Inc., of Conyers, Ga.
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed