The Recall Desk

Hazard

Life Threatening Injury recalls

7 recalls in our database tag this hazard, drawn from FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA source notices.

What the numbers show

Total
7
Critical
1
Severe
6
Most recent
2023-02-15

Of the 7 life threatening injury recalls we have scored against our rubric, 1 (14%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 6 (86%) are Severe.

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all life threatening injury recalls regardless of agency”, “all listeria recalls in California”, “all airbag recalls in 2025”. The tags are extracted from each recall’s source text during the LLM rewrite step and validated against a fixed schema.

A recall can carry multiple tags — a Listeria recall might also be tagged ready-to-eat and undeclared-allergen. Use the full-text search if you want to combine hazard tags with brand or category filters.

1–7 of 7

  • SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-1053-2023·2023-02-15

    GE Nuclear Medicine 600/800 Series Systems Detector Fall Risk

    GE Nuclear Medicine 600/800 series systems have a safety mitigation that may not be correctly implemented, allowing the detector to fall and cause life-threatening injury. 557 units are affected worldwide.

    Product
    GE Nuclear Medicine 600/800 series systems, specifically: a) 870, b) 870 DR 3/8 inch NM GANTRY WITH NEW ROTOR - MEA, c) 870 DR / Dismount, d) 870 DR / Dismount / 60HZ, e) 870 DR 3/8 inch WSO, f) 870 DR 3/8 inch NM Gantry, g) 870 DR 3/8 inch, h) 870 DR 3/8 inch CH, i) 8
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • CriticalFDA (Devices)·Z-1035-2015·2015-02-25

    GE Healthcare MRI Systems Recalled for Potential Ferrous Object Removal Delay

    GE Healthcare is recalling MRI systems because a disconnected MRU could delay the removal of ferrous objects, posing a life-threatening injury risk.

    Product
    This correction applies to all GE Healthcare MRI systems with superconducting magnets: Discovery MR450, Discovery MR750, Signa HDx, Signa HDxt, Signa HDi, GE 1.5T Signa HDe, Optima MR360, Brivo MR355, Signa Excite-HD 1.5T & 3T, Signa Excite 1.5T HD Twinspeed, Signa Excite 1.5T HD
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-0274-2013·2012-11-14

    Sorin S5 Perfusion System Recalled for Motor Controller Faults

    Sorin Group USA is recalling S5 Perfusion Systems due to a motor controller fault that could cause unintended pump stoppage during surgery.

    Product
    S5 Mast Roller Pump 150, Item Number: 10-88-00 The Stockert S5/Sorin C5 System is intended to be used during cardiopulmonary bypass for procedures lasting six hours or less.
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-0272-2013·2012-11-14

    Sorin S5 Perfusion System Recalled for Motor Controller Fault

    Sorin Group USA is recalling S5 Perfusion Systems due to a motor controller fault that may cause unintended pump stoppage during surgery.

    Product
    S5 Double Roller Pump 85, Item Number: 10-85-00 The Stockert S5/Sorin C5 System is intended to be used during cardiopulmonary bypass for procedures lasting six hours or less.
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-0271-2013·2012-11-14

    Sorin S5 Perfusion System Recalled for Motor Controller Faults

    Sorin Group USA is recalling S5 Perfusion Systems due to motor controller faults that may cause unintended pump stoppage during surgery.

    Product
    S5 Single Roller Pump 150, Item Number: 10-80-00 The Stockert S5/Sorin C5 System is intended to be used during cardiopulmonary bypass for procedures lasting six hours or less.
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-0273-2013·2012-11-14

    Sorin S5 Perfusion System Recalled for Motor Controller Fault

    Sorin Group USA is recalling S5 Perfusion Systems due to a motor controller fault that may cause unintended pump stoppage during surgery.

    Product
    S5 Mast Roller Pump 85, Item Number: 10-88-60 The Stockert S5/Sorin C5 System is intended to be used during cardiopulmonary bypass for procedures lasting six hours or less.
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-0275-2013·2012-11-14

    Sorin C5 Perfusion System Recalled for Motor Controller Fault

    Sorin Group USA recalled two Sorin C5 Perfusion Systems due to a motor controller fault that could cause pump stoppage during surgery.

    Product
    Sorin C5 Perfusion System, Item number 58-00-00 The Stockert S5/Sorin C5 System is intended to be used during cardiopulmonary bypass for procedures lasting six hours or less.
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide