Black & Decker Random Orbit Sanders — recall 21843
Health Canada Consumer Product Safety · Canada · 2010-10-21
🏛Compiled from an official source — the facts on this page are reproduced from the issuing authority’s own published notice, which is linked above. No AI-generated text appears on this page. How we use AI →
Archived by the issuing authority — kept for reference
Reported risk: The black plastic disc (called the platen) that holds the sandpaper can fly off or break apart during use and hit users; this poses a laceration hazard. Black & Decker has received 73 reports of incidents involving the platen breaking or falling apart. This includes 15 reports of injuries from flying pieces, one of which involved a serious facial laceration. Health Canada has not received any reports of incidents or injuries related to the use of these sanders.
Verify each fact at the issuing agency before acting. Recall scope, affected lots, and remediation instructions may be updated by the agency after our last sync.
ProductGuru indexes recall and safety-alert records from ~30 public agency registries. We are not lawyers, regulators or product-safety consultants. This page restates what the named agency published; consult the primary source above (or qualified counsel in your jurisdiction) before any commercial, medical or safety decision.