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US/Bethesda & Canada/Ottawa: DR Power Equipment, a South Burlington, Vermont establishment recalls an estimated total 58,156 Walk-behind Leaf Blowers and Vacuums, and Tow-behind Leaf Vacuums (approximately 57,200 in the US and approximately 956 in Canada) from the American and Canadian marketplaces due to reported object ejection and consequential risks of laceration, eye damage, concussion, bone fractures and/or central nervous system (“CNS”) injury, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.
CPSC: https://tinyurl.com/487k74av; HCSC: https://tinyurl.com/59rsh8w3
Direct US link: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/DR-Power-Equipment-Recalls-Leaf-Blowers-and-Leaf-Vacuums-Due-to-Laceration-Hazard
Direct Canada link: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/dr-power-equipment-branded-walk-behind-tow-behind-leaf-vacuums-and-leaf-blower
Additional information:
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) reports this recall involves certain DR Power Equipment Walk-behind Leaf Blowers and Vacuums, and Tow-behind Leaf Vacuums with the following model numbers:
Filed under: bone fracture hazard, crash hazard, Health Canada/Santé Canada, Laceration hazard, US CPSC | Tagged: bone fracture hazards, Concussion or Traumatic Brain Injury ("TBI") hazards, CPSC, CPSC recall number: 24-222, DR Power Equipment, gardening, Generac Power Systems Inc., HCSC, HCSC ID number: RA-75452, health-canada-sante-canada, injury hazard, Recalls Direct RIN: 18474-2024, Tow-behind Leaf Vacuums, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Walk-behind Leaf Blowers Vacuums | Leave a comment »