SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160314-1526B-1560752. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Ninja BL770 (Blender Ninja Professional 1500 watts). Incident: Consumer stated that while the blender was in use for approximately 5 mins, he noticed sparks emitting from the bottom right sight side of the blender and there was a burning odor. He then noticed that it had developed into a black smoke. He immediately unplugged it and remove it outside. He had the blender for over a year and there was no prior incident. The manufacturer was not contacted as yet. Consumer feels that the blender is unsafe and should be reported. This incident with Ninja BL770 occurred today while making a smoothie. Ingredients being processed: 3 medjool dates 2 bananas Mango Coconut flakes Dried lime Dried lime zest & orange zest Quart of cold water Because the consumer had brought the dates about an hour before starting to make this smoothie, they had not been soaked. Thus, he ran the blender on high speed for a couple of minutes to emulsify them with about 4-6 ounces of cold water. Then added the bananas, dried lime sections, emulsified them on high.2-3 minutes. Next, added the flesh from a decently ripe mango and a little more cold water. Emulsified on high 1-2 minutes. Added remain of the cold water. Blended medium less than a minute. Tasted. Decided not thick enough. Pour out most of the smoothie to allow him to blend-in coconut flakes. After starting the flakes to blend, decided to add dried zest (lime & orange). Added those ingredients; started blending on high. Because he had not ground the zest before adding it to the smoothie, the consumer figured he needed to run the blender a little longer than he would have otherwise. It had been running 2-3 mi