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NEW YORK (AP) — Some 3.3 million steam cleaners are being recalled throughout North America resulting from a burn hazard that has resulted in customers reporting greater than 150 accidents.
Choose fashions of Bissell-branded “Steam Shot Handheld Steam Cleaners” can spew scorching water or steam whereas the merchandise are in use or being heated up, in response to notices Thursday from the U.S. Client Product Security Fee and Well being Canada. That poses a threat of burns to customers.
Bissell has acquired a 183 studies of scorching water or steam expelling from the merchandise. That features 157 studies of minor burns, the regulators famous, with 145 accidents reported within the U.S. and 12 in Canada as of June 4, in response to Well being Canada.
Shoppers are urged to right away cease utilizing the now-recalled steam cleaners and phone Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Bissell for a refund or retailer credit score. Impacted clients may have a alternative between $60 (CA$82) in retailer credit score or a $40 (CA$55) refund for every.
The recalled steam cleaners, which have been made in China, will be recognized by mannequin numbers — listed on Bissell’s web site. There, customers may also discover extra details about registering for the recall and comply with directions for slicing the merchandise’ twine and importing pictures.
On its website, Bissell mentioned that “security is our prime precedence,” later including that the corporate selected to voluntarily recall these steam cleaners “out of an abundance of warning.”
The Bissell steam cleaners beneath recall have been offered at main retailers together with Goal and Walmart, in addition to on-line at websites like www.bissell.com and Amazon, from August 2008 by Might 2024.
An estimated 3.2 million have been bought within the U.S. Practically 355,000 have been offered in Canada.
