Ace Hardware Corp. · Recalled
CPSC, Ace Hardware Corp. Announce Recall of Shingling Hatchets
The heads on these tools can detach when in use, striking the user or a bystander and causing serious injury.
- Units
- About 22,000
- Reports
- 2
- Injuries
- 1
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $18
- Remedy
- See notice
Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.
Affected
The hatchet, used to remove and hammer on roof shingles, is about 13 inches long. It has a hickory handle with a leather strap on the end and a forged steel head with a hatchet on one side and a hammering face on the other. The word "ACE" is etched on one side of the tool head and "TAIWAN" is on the other side. These hatchets have item number 2014710, which is printed on a label on the hatchet's handle.
The file
- Sold at
- Ace Hardware Stores nationwide sold the hatchet,s from March 1994 through April 2000, for about $18.
- Product type
- Hatchets
- Made in
- Taiwan
- Recalled by
- Ace Hardware Corp., of Oak Brook, Ill.
Incident log
Ace Hardware Corp. has received two reports of hatchet heads detaching, one of which struck a bystander in the head, resulting in a cut requiring 32 stitches.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should stop using the hatchets immediately and return them to any Ace Hardware Store, for a refund.
For more information, contact Ace Hardware Corp. toll-free at (877) 223-4391 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.