FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 28, 1999
Release # 99-103
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Company Phone Number: (800) 444-8676
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Mark Ross, (301) 504-7076
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CPSC, Toro Co. Remind Consumers of Lawn-Boy Power Mower
Recall
WASHINGTON, D.C. - With warm weather returning to much of the
U.S., it is also the beginning of the lawn mowing season. The
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC), and Toro Co., of Bloomington, Minn., is reminding
consumers of the cooperative recall of approximately 78,000
Lawn-Boy power mowers, announced in January. Interference
with the mower's mulching fan can cause the mower blade to crack
and break off. Broken pieces of the blade can be propelled from
underneath the mower, possibly injuring the
operator or a bystander.
Toro has received one report of a consumer who was struck on
the ankle by a piece of a broken mower blade while mowing,
resulting in a bruised tendon.
The recalled Lawn-Boy Silver Series, Four Cycle,
walk-behind, 21-inch power mowers have the following model and
serial numbers, which are printed on a decal on the right rear of
the mower:
| Model Numbers | Serial Number Ranges |
10200 | 7900001-7999999 |
10202 | 7900001-7999999 |
10212 | 7900001-7999999 |
10236 | 7900001-7999999 |
10249 | 8900001-8999999 |
10302 | 7900001-7999999 |
10307 | 7900001-7999999 |
10313 | 7900001-8999999 |
10321 | 7900001-8999999 |
Lawn-Boy Dealers and mass merchant retail outlets, including
Sears, Lowe's and the Home Depot, sold these mowers from January
1997 through November 1998 for between
$280 and $400.
Consumers should immediately stop using these recalled mowers
until they are repaired. Consumers with these recalled mowers can
have the repair performed for free at
their local Lawn-Boy service dealer. To locate the nearest
Lawn-Boy service dealer or for more information, consumers should
call Lawn-Boy at (800) 444-8676 between 7:30 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. CDT Monday through Friday, or go to their website at
http://www.lawnboy.com.
Mowers currently being sold have been corrected.
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