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NITE accident 2003-0944

Product accident information from Japan's National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) SAFE-Lite database. Narratives are translated to English for display; verify the original Japanese record on SAFE-Lite.

Product

Hitachi R-621FB

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Failure type

Explosion / rupture

Accident narrative

NITE SAFE-Lite accident report 2003-0944 (2003/08/30). Product: Chofu GFK-1691PKA (water heater). Reported issue: Explosion / rupture — smoke, fire, overheating, electrical fault, or related hazard as recorded in the official Japanese accident database. Harm classification: 4. Cause class code: A1. Source: Japan NITE SAFE-Lite accident information database. Narrative summarized in English from the official record; verify the year/case number on SAFE-Lite.

This is an official accident-information record from NITE SAFE-Lite (事故情報), not a recall notice. Cause determinations may be under investigation or marked as not product-attributable in the original record.
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Official year/case number: 2003-0944. Search this ID on SAFE-Lite to open the original Japanese accident record.