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Product

Porter Cable 7518

Category

Electronics

Report number

20140704-C660D-2147443135

Ownership age

About 30 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Electrical shock / short

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140704-C660D-2147443135. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Matched catalog product: Porter Cable 7518. Source model text: Variable speed fixed base router, PorterCable 7518, 3 1/4 HP. Incident: During routine routing the operator, [REDACTED], accidentally touched the router bit to the router power cord, partially cutting into the cord and was consequently shocked thru the handles. He dropped the router but was not otherwise injured and recovered without further incident.

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Official report number: 20140704-C660D-2147443135. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.