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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 22, 2000
Release # 00-128
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Ace Recall Hotline: (877) 223-4391
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Yolanda Fultz-Morris, (301) 504-7066
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CPSC, Ace Hardware Corp. Announce Recall of Shingling Hatchets
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Ace Hardware Corp., of Oak Brook, Ill., is recalling
about 22,000 Ace-brand shingling hatchets. The heads on these tools can
detach when in use, striking the user or a bystander and causing serious
injury.
Ace Hardware Corp. has received two reports of hatchet heads
detaching, one of which struck a bystander in the head, resulting in a
cut requiring 32 stitches.
The hatchet, used to remove and hammer on roof shingles, is about
13-inches long. It has a hickory handle with a leather strap on the end
and a forged steel head with a hatchet on one side and a hammering face
on the other. The word "ACE" is etched on one side of the tool head and
"TAIWAN" is on the other side. These hatchets have item number 2014710,
which is printed on a label on the hatchet's handle.
Ace Hardware Stores nationwide sold the hatchets from March 1994
through April 2000 for about $18.
Consumers should stop using the hatchets immediately and return
them to any Ace Hardware Store for a refund. For more information,
contact Ace Hardware Corp. toll-free at (877) 223-4391 between 8 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.
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