Check Your Home for These Cold Weather-Related Products Recalled Last Summer

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Jan 10, 2013, 08:10 ET

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With winter weather upon us, you may be hauling out products recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) last summer. Play it safe by checking if your cold weather-related products have been previously recalled. It could save your life or that of your family. You can find out about these and other recalled winter products at www.SaferProducts.gov.

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Product

Recall Details and Photos

Hazard

ECHO Bear Cat log splitters

(120 units)

12-189

The end cap of the log splitter's hydraulic cylinder can break away from the body of the log splitter, posing an impact hazard to the user or bystander.

Big Lots Portable Ceramic Space Heaters

(70,500 units)

12-200

The heaters can overheat and melt, posing a fire or electric shock hazard.

Harbor Breeze Bath Fans with Heater and Light

(68,000 units)

12-212

The fan's heater blades can fail to rotate properly, causing the fan to overheat and posing a fire hazard.

Snowpulse Avalanche Airbags

(1,200 units in the United States and 2,600 in Canada)

12-268

A leak in the airbag's cartridge can result in the airbag not deploying, posing a risk of death and injury in the event of an avalanche.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on SaferProducts.gov.

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CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $900 billion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products—such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals—contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

Under federal law, it is illegal to attempt to sell or resell this or any other recalled product.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, go online to: SaferProducts.gov, call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054 for the hearing and speech impaired. Consumers can obtain this news release and product safety information at www.cpsc.gov. To join a free e-mail subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx.

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