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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

TROY-BILT TB180B

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20220812-64DB6-2147354434

Ownership age

Not stated

Failure type

Explosion / rupture

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20220812-64DB6-2147354434. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: TROY-BILT TB180B. Source model text: TB480B. Incident: I was using my Troy Bilt model TB180B hand blower when it exploded blowing broken parts out both sides. Damage house siding and hitting me. There was no sign there might be a problem with the blower it just exploded. I wanted to report it to Try Bilt but they don't make it easy. The exploding parts was under great force and could cause serious injury.

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Official report number: 20220812-64DB6-2147354434. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.