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Product

Porter Cable PCX362010

Category

Lawn Equipment

Report number

20190802-19829-2147379486

Ownership age

About 37 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190802-19829-2147379486. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Porter Cable PCX362010. Incident: Porter-cable table saw PCX362010 being used to rip down a 4x8 ft sheet of 3/4 inch plywood. During the rip, the board was not pulled straight through the saw kerf and caused the plywood to cam against the saw blade, placing strain on the motor. At the end of the cut, there was smoke observed coming out from under the saw housing. Upon turning the saw on it's side, it spontaneously burst into a small flame. Flame was smothered with wet shop rags. Motor housing was melted and there was smoke damage to the underside of the saw .

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Official report number: 20190802-19829-2147379486. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.