SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130805-C4D0E-1345674. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Product: Husqvarna PR1842ST (Ride behind mower). Incident: The consumer stated that he had used the mower for about 15 minutes. The consumer stated that normally he leaves the mower outside to cool off before putting it in the garage. This time, the consumer put the mower in the garage directly after use. After few minutes the consumer went to move the mower out of the garage. When the consumer went to the garage, he saw flames shooting out from under the hood of the mower. The consumer stated that the flames were really close to the gas tank. The consumer extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher. The consumer stated that the dust from the fire extinguisher damaged the automatic switch to open the garage door. The consumer had to manually open the garage door. The consumer contacted the garage door technicians and they informed him that the switch stopped working because of the dust from the extinguisher. Consumer burned his thumb trying to extinguish the fire. The consumer has not contacted the manf but he intends to. This model is not included in the recall. The consumer is not reporting any property damages.