Product
Troy TR197BV
Category
Home & Garden
Report number
20190517-F334E-2147380917
Ownership age
About 12 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Explosion / rupture
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190517-F334E-2147380917. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Troy TR197BV (Troy Bilt Leaf Blower 69dB(A), 450 CFM/240mph). Incident: I was blowing leaves off the paved driveway and my electric Troy Bilt leaf blower exploded. The leaf blower was less than one year old. It suddenly exploded with a deafening explosion It blew off a piece of plastic housing that we have been unable to find. Also, the internal propeller blew out. (See photo). I researched online to find answers to why this happened and found this news item from 2013 in Houston describing the identical incident. It was fortunate that I was not hit by the projectile as was the woman in this news item. Had I not found this news item I would have thrown the blower away and bought a new gas blower instead. However, now I realize this is is a faulty design of the Troy Bilt leaf blower and want to protect future consumers of this product. https://www.click2houston.com/consumer/leaf-blower-explodes-in-houston-womans-hand_20151124024147709
Official report number: 20190517-F334E-2147380917. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.