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Product

Dremel Dremel rotary tool 8050

Category

Power Tool

Report number

20150831-F2867-2147428831

Ownership age

Not stated

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150831-F2867-2147428831. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Dremel Dremel rotary tool 8050. Source model text: 8050. Incident: When power button was pressed to turn of the tool, the tool failed to turn off. The rotary engine began spinning at a greater rate of speed than under normal operation. Device continued out of control unitl parts began to rattle around inside the case. The case then began to heat uo rapidly and spew smoke. When the device had finally burned up and stopped spinning, I attempted to pick it up and began spinning again.

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Official report number: 20150831-F2867-2147428831. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.