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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

Ryobi RY42102

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20160910-9D6E8-2147414305

Ownership age

About 2 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Structural / mechanical failure

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160910-9D6E8-2147414305. Severity: Unspecified. Matched catalog product: Ryobi RY42102. Source model text: Electric Jet Fan Blower RY42102. Incident: While using the Ryobi jet blower to clear a patio of leaves, the orange plastic impeller made a popping noise, shattered into several pieces, and ejected the broken pieces out of the end of the blower at high velocity. Fortunately, nobody was near the downstream air blast. If someone had been nearby, the plastic pieces could have caused serious injury.

This is a consumer incident report published on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by people outside of CPSC. It is not automatically an official recall or manufacturer admission.
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Official report number: 20160910-9D6E8-2147414305. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.