SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Battery failure

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190705-A092D-1885048. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Product: Badland 64045 (12,000 pound winch). Incident: This caller is reporting that he purchased a 12,000 pound capacity electric winch that is designed to pull in and loop to the side but this unit doesn't perform as it should and the caller reported this issue from first use as well as reporting that the cable didn't line up well Caller was reeling in a 2,000 pound log Monday July 1st, 2019 with his wife assisting via a steel pole that sticks in the ground to guide but the log turned slightly, grabbed his wife by the lower area of her leg and pulled her down. This caller tried to turn the winch off but it would not turn off until he took the cable from the battery. If he had tightened the cable to the battery he states that she could have no longer been alive. He is reporting that this winch has no safety feature to prevent this incident His wife suffered bruises, slight lacerations and her knee was extremely sore making it very difficult to walk. She has not been seen by a physician. He sent an email to [REDACTED] and conversed [REDACTED] who sent him to the complaint department however he has left three messages but has not received one return call. [REDACTED]