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NEW YORK (AP) — About 2 cardinal Black & Decker-branded clothing steamers are now nether callback aft consumers reported dozens of pain injuries that resulted from basking h2o spewing retired of nan devices.
Empower Brands is importantly expanding a antecedently announced callback of Black & Decker Model HGS011 Easy Garment Steamers, according to a announcement posted Thursday by nan Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Nearly 520,000 of these steamers were recalled backmost successful November 2022. At nan time, a repair remedy was offered — but location person been continued reports of pain injuries involving nan repaired units since, nan CPSC said. Empower Brands is now recalling different 1.6 cardinal steamers to screen each units of nan model, including those that were antecedently repaired, and offering afloat refunds instead.
The recalled steamers tin spray aliases leak retired basking h2o during use, posing pain hazards, nan product-safety committee said.
To date, Empower Brands has received 317 reports of basking h2o expelling from nan steamers, resulting successful 82 pain wounded reports, 7 of which were second-degree burns. Ninety-four of these incidents —including 19 of nan pain injuries — progressive repaired units aliases models that had an updated design, nan CPSC said.
The Black & Decker Model HGS011 Easy Garment Steamers were sold successful a assortment of colors astatine retailers specified arsenic Walmart, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond and Amazon, arsenic good arsenic nan Black & Decker website, betwixt June 2021 done February 2024.
The recalled products tin beryllium identified by their label, exemplary number and UPC codification — each of which are listed connected the CPSC’s notice.
Consumers are instructed to extremity utilizing nan impacted steamers instantly and contact Empower Brands, a subsidiary of Middleton, Wisconsin-based Spectrum Brands Inc. for a afloat refund.
