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Product

Mainstays Model number MS61100016716

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20151029-A9BCF-2147427134

Ownership age

About 28 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Explosion / rupture

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20151029-A9BCF-2147427134. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Mainstays Model number MS61100016716. Source model text: Mainstays Touch Control Mini Dome Lamp (see previous) 19.255. Incident: "Mainstays Touch Control Mini Dome Lamp" Model No. per Walmart web site: 19.2556 purchased at Walmart (Walmart No. per Walmart web site 1737395) in 2013 has unusual oblong bulb which exploded with a very loud report and spewed small pieces of glass over a wide area. It was on my headboard for my use as a reading lamp. I had just turned it on a looked away, before I lay down under the lamp. I use a wheelchair and had just transferred to the bed. My companion heard the explosion across the house (2500' +/-) and in the laundry room and she came to see what happened. We're still picking up glass from around the large bedroom and the adjoining bathroom.

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