Hoover Company Fined $750,000 for Failing to Report Fire Hazard with Vacuum Cleaners
U.S. Newswire, January, 2007
To: RETAILING EDITORS
Contact: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1-301-504-7908
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer ProductSafety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Hoover Company Inc., of NorthCanton, Ohio, has agreed to pay a $750,000 civil penalty. The penalty, whichthe Commission has provisionally accepted, settles allegations that thecompany failed to report to CPSC the sale of vacuum cleaners with defectiveon-off switches that can overheat and cause the vacuum cleaner to catch fire.
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In April 2005, Hoover conducted a recall of 636,000 Hoover Self- PropelledUpright Vacuum Cleaners because of defective on-off switches.
In June 2004, after CPSC...
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