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Black & Decker Expands Recall of Cordless Electric Lawnmowers Due to Fire Hazard
An electrical component in the lawnmowers can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
Black & Decker has received 10 additional reports of electrical components overheating, including one additional report of a fire extending beyond the mower. -- Note: The original recall involved 11 reports of electrical components overheating. One of these resulted in a minor hand burn and nine resulted in reports of minor property damage extending beyond the mower.
The mowers were sold under both the Black & Decker and Craftsman brand names. The recalled Black & Decker mowers have the model CMM1000 or CMM1000R and are labeled as Type 1 through Type 4, both of which are located on the silver and black label affixed to the rear door of the mower. Mowers labeled as Type 5 are not included in this recall.
The Black & Decker mowers have either an orange or green deck with a black motor cover. The Craftsman-brand mowers have model number 900.370520 and include all date codes and types. The model number is located on the silver and black label affixed to the rear door of the mower. The Craftsman mowers have a dark green deck with a black motor cover.
The CPSC warns consumers about the hazard of exposure to consumer products containing asbestos
These products include: Asbestos paper and millboard,Asbestos-cement sheet,Dry-mix asbestos furnace or boiler cement,Asbestos wood/coal stove door gaskets,Asbestos laboratory gloves and pads,Asbestos stove mats and iron rests,Central hot-air furnace duct connectors containing asbestos,Bulk asbestos fibers,Some of these products still are for sale or may be in consumers' homes. Handling these products may release asbestos fibers; breathing asbestos fibers is known to cause cancer.
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