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- UNITED STATES
- CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
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- HOTLINE
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- To report a safety problem with a consumer product CALL US!
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- 1-800-638-CPSC
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- WHO WE ARE
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- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is an
- independent federal regulatory agency created by Congress in 1972
- under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Our agency's mission is
- to:
- "...protect the public against unreasonable risks of
- injuries and deaths associated with consumer products."
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- We have jurisdiction over about 15,000 types of consumer
- products, from coffee makers, to toys, to lawn mowers, to
- fireworks.
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- However, some types of consumer products are covered by
- other federal agencies. For example, cars, trucks and
- motorcycles are within the jurisdiction of the Department of
- Transportation; food, drugs and cosmetics are covered by the Food
- and Drug Administration.
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- OUR HOTLINE SERVICES
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- You can call our toll-free Hotline to:
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- ■ report an unsafe product;
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- ■ report a product-related injury;
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- ■ find out whether a product has been recalled;
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- ■ learn how to return a recall product or arrange for its
- repair;
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- ■ get information on what to look for when buying a
- consumer product;
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- ■ get information on how to use a consumer product
- safely; and
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- ■ receive information about ordering CPSC safety
- publications. (For a list of publications, send a postcard to
- Publications List, CPSC, Washington, DC 20207).
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- If you have a product complaint or want to report a product-
- related injury, you will speak directly to a Hotline operator.
- The Hotline staff is available between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM
- Eastern time, Monday through Friday, except holidays.
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- Our Hotline also has a TTY number for the hearing-or speech
- impaired (1-800-638-8270).
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- We have Hotline staff who speak both English and Spanish.
- In addition, arrangements can be made for callers to speak with
- someone in any of the following other languages: Arabic,
- Burmese, Cambodian, Cantonese Chinese, French, German, Greek,
- Hindi, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Punjabi, Ukrainian, Urdu,
- Vietnamese and Yiddish.
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- OUR INTERNET SERVICES
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- You can contact us any time, day or night. To get product
- recall information, gopher to:
- cpsc.gov
- To file a product complaint or report an injury, our
- Internet address is:
- info@cpsc.gov
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- RECORDED RECALL AND SAFETY INFORMATION
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- Our Hotline has a wide variety of recorded messages on
- product recall, consumer products and product safety. The
- messages below are accessible with a touch-tone telephone 24
- hours a day, seven days a week by pushing the three-digit number
- shown below after you have called our main Hotline number
- 1-800-638-2772).
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- Toys (including crayons)..................................211
- Bunk beds, toddler beds...................................212
- Children's furniture, indoor equipment....................213
- Clothing, children's apparel..............................214
- Outdoor playground equipment..............................215
- Bathroom equipment, personal care appliances
- (such as hairdyers).......................................216
- Bicycles, exercise equipment, recreational and
- craft products ...........................................217
- Disposable lighters, lighter fluids.......................218
- Decorative and novelty products...........................219
- Drug packaging............................................220
- Fireworks.................................................221
- Furniture.................................................222
- Hardware and power tools..................................223
- Home heating and cooling equipment (including fans,
- space heaters)............................................224
- Home electrical systems (including garage door
- openers, flood lights)....................................225
- Kitchen appliances and equipment (including
- coffeemakers, mixers, juicers)............................226
- Heavy- and light-duty household appliances (such
- as dishwashers, vacuum cleaners)..........................227
- Lawn and garden equipment.................................228
- Pest control devices......................................229
- Pools, spas, hot tubs, patio equipment....................230
- Smoke detectors, fire extinguishers.......................231
- Listing of CPSC publications..............................555
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- HOTLINE STANDARDS
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- We take pride in meeting the standards we have set for our
- Hotline in our customer service plan. This plan was established
- as part of the Commission's implementation of Vice President
- Gore's National Performance Review.
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- When you call our Hotline, you can expect the following:
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- ■ to be given easy-to-follow instructions on how to use the
- hotline;
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- ■ to hear the most up-to-date and easy-to-understand recorded
- information on product safety recalls and consumer products,
- seven days a weeks, 24 hours a day;
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- ■ to be given courteous service;
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- ■ to have your complaint of an unsafe product or product-
- related injury taken accurately and a copy of the report
- sent to you so that you can confirm the information recorded
- by our Hotline staff; and
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- ■ to have your message left at night, weekends or holidays
- returned the next business day, or, if you do not want a
- return call, to receive a letter confirming receipt of your
- product-complaint message.
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- YOUR VIEWS ARE IMPORTANT TO US
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- We want to provide you with the best Hotline service
- possible and are always interested in learning how we can
- improve. If you have any comments or suggestions, we would like
- to hear from you. Simply ask to speak with the Hotline manager
- when you call:
- 1-800-638-CPSC
- 1-800-638-2772
- 1-800-638-8270 (TTY)
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- or write us at:
- CPSC Hotline
- Washington, D.C. 20207
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- REPORTING PRODUCT-RELATED INJURIES AND DEATHS TO CPSC
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- The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is interested in
- any incident in which a consumer product was involved with a risk of
- death or injury. The term "consumer product" is defined as any product
- or component part produced or distributed for sale to or use by
- consumers. Products used solely for commercial or industrial purposes
- are not considered consumer products. Also excluded from the definition
- are tobacco products, motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, boats
- and boat equipment, aircraft, medical devices, pesticides, firearms, and
- ammunition. In addition, the definition of consumer products excludes
- food, drugs, and cosmetics, other than the packaging of these products.
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- You may report a product-related injury or death to CPSC by
- sending an email message to:
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- amcdonal@cpsc.gov
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- Please include as much of the following information as is available:
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- a. Date of incident
- b. Description of the injuries incurred
- c. Type of consumer product involved
- d. Brief description of the incident sequence
- e. City and state where the incident occurred
- f. Manufacturer, model, brand, serial number
- g. Availability of the product for inspection
- h. Contact information for any state or local
- personnel who investigated the incident
- i. Your name, address and phone number
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