US/Bethesda & Canada/Ottawa: Star Elite, a Montreal, Quebec establishment recalls an estimated total 61,221 Sunbeam branded Queen Size Electric Heated Blankets (approximately 43,000 in the US and approximately 18,221 in Canada) from the American and Canadian marketplaces due to suspected overheating hazards and consequential risks of burns, scalds, smoke inhalation, respiratory failure and/or cardiac system collapse, 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://bit.ly/3YXJamP; HCSC: https://bit.ly/3JtrE4k
Direct US link: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Sunbeam-Heated-Blankets-Recalled-Due-to-Burn-and-Fire-Hazards-Distributed-by-Star-Elite
Direct Canada link: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/sunbeamr-queen-size-heated-blankets-recalled-due-potential-fire-hazard
Additional information:
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) reports involves certain Electric Blankets, as follows:
Filed under: Burn or scald hazard, Fire or smoke hazard, Health Canada/Santé Canada, smoke inhalation hazard, US CPSC | Tagged: Babies hazard, Bissell, burn hazard, cardiac arrest hazard, children, CPSC recall number: 23-157, fire hazard, HCSC ID number: RA-73328, Health Canada, health-canada-sante-canada, Infants hazard, Recalls Direct RIN: 16906-2023, respiratory arrest hazard, Respiratory Failure hazards, Star Elite, Sunbeam branded Queen Size Electric Blankets, US Consumer Product Safety Commission | Leave a comment »