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Hitachi Koki Recalls Coil Nailers: Serious Injury Hazard

March 12, 2010 By The CPSC Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON, DC – THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION AND HEALTH CANADA, IN COOPERATION WITH THE FIRM NAMED BELOW, TODAY ANNOUNCED A VOLUNTARY RECALL OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS. CONSUMERS SHOULD STOP USING RECALLED PRODUCTS IMMEDIATELY UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED.

NAME OF PRODUCT: COIL NAILERS

UNITS: ABOUT 50,000 IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABOUT 15,000 IN CANADA

IMPORTER: HITACHI KOKI U.S.A., LTD., OF NORCROSS, GA.

MANUFACTURER: HITACHI KOKI CO. LTD., OF JAPAN

HAZARD: THE NAILERS COULD HAVE A FAULTY FEEDER THAT CAN ALLOW NAILS TO BE EJECTED SIDEWAYS, POSING A SERIOUS INJURY HAZARD TO THE USER OR BYSTANDERS.

INCIDENTS/INJURIES: THE FIRM HAS RECEIVED 37 REPORTS OF NAILS BEING EJECTED SIDEWAYS, INCLUDING 15 REPORTS OF INJURIES. THE INJURIES WERE PRIMARILY IN THE EYE REGION, INCLUDING FIVE REPORTS OF PARTIAL BLINDNESS.

DESCRIPTION: THE COIL NAILERS ARE USED TO PROJECT NAILS INTO DRYWALL, WOOD OR OTHER MATERIALS. THE MODEL NUMBER IS NV83A2 AND CAN BE FOUND ON THE BODY OF THE PRODUCT. ONLY THOSE UNITS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN OCTOBER 2002 AND SEPTEMBER 2005 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. THE MANUFACTURING DATE CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE SERIAL NUMBER ENGRAVED AT THE END OF THE HANDLE, THE FIRST DIGIT REPRESENTING THE MONTH (1 FOR JANUARY, 2 FOR FEBRUARY, 3 FOR MARCH, 4 FOR APRIL, 5 FOR MAY, 6 FOR JUNE, 7 FOR JULY, 8 FOR AUGUST, 9 FOR SEPTEMBER, O FOR OCTOBER, N FOR NOVEMBER AND D FOR DECEMBER) AND THE SECOND DIGIT REPRESENTING THE YEAR (2 FOR 2002, 3 FOR 2003, 4 FOR 2004 AND 5 FOR 2005).

SOLD AT: LOWE’S, HOME DEPOT, OTHER HOME IMPROVEMENT AND BUILDING SUPPLY STORES AND ONLINE AT AMAZON.COM NATIONWIDE FROM NOVEMBER 2002 THROUGH MARCH 2006 FOR BETWEEN $350 AND $400.

MANUFACTURED IN: JAPAN

REMEDY: CONSUMERS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP USING THE RECALLED COIL NAILER AND CONTACT HITACHI KOKI U.S.A., LTD. FOR A FREE REPAIR.

CONSUMER CONTACT: FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT HITACHI KOKI U.S.A., LTD. AT (800) 706-7337 BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND 8 P.M. ET, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OR VISIT THE FIRM’S WEB SITE AT WWW.HITACHIPOWERTOOLS.COM

NOTE: HEALTH CANADA’S PRESS RELEASE IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://CPSR-RSPC.HC-SC.GC.CA/PR-RP/RECALL-RETRAIT-ENG.JSP?RE_ID=959

PICTURE OF RECALLED COIL NAILER

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