The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·24016·Announced 2023-11-02

Grizzly Industrial Wood Lathes Recalled for Projectile and Laceration Hazards

Grizzly Industrial and Shop Fox wood lathes are being recalled because the cutting tool can break, creating a risk of projectiles striking users or bystanders, and lacerations to users. About 21,300 units are affected.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product where projectile and laceration injury is possible. Although one injury has been reported, the hazard—a breaking cutting tool—poses significant risk to users and bystanders and meets the High threshold for risk-of-harm products with reported injury.

Plain-English summary

Grizzly Industrial Inc., of Bellingham, Washington, is recalling all G0584 and G0462 Grizzly Industrial wood lathes, and the W1758 Shop Fox wood lathes. These variable-speed, electric wood lathes feature a green or white bed with cast-iron legs and black accents, an extendable tool rest, and a swivel headstock. Model G0584 measures 62 inches wide, 14.5 inches deep, and 45.5 inches high; models G0462 and W1758 measure 72.5 inches wide, 19 inches deep, and 48 inches high.

The wood lathe's cutting tool can break, posing an injury hazard due to projectiles that can strike the user and bystanders, and a laceration hazard to the user who could come into direct contact with the cutting tool. Grizzly Industrial has received four reports of the cutting tool breaking, including one injury.

About 21,300 units were sold in the United States, along with about 60 units sold in Canada. The lathes were sold through Alaska Industrial Hardware, Bibb Tool Co., Workshop Tools Inc., Bargain Supply, Big Tool Store, and other hardware stores nationwide, as well as online through Amazon.com, The Home Depot, Northern Tool, Hardware Sales, Optics Planet, and Grizzly.com, from February 2005 through January 2023, for between $400 and $1,550.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled wood lathes and contact Grizzly Industrial for details on how to receive a free repair kit, including shipping. The repair kit consists of an upgraded faceplate, tool rest, and tool rest base. Grizzly Industrial can be reached toll-free at 888-615-7944, 24 hours a day, every day; by email at [email protected]; or online at www.grizzly.com/recalls or www.grizzly.com by clicking on Recalls at the bottom of the page.

The recalled product

Product
Grizzly Industrial and Shop Fox Wood Lathes
Manufacturer
Grizzly Industrial Inc., of Bellingham, Washington
Category
Consumer Product — Power Tools
Hazard
  • projectile-injury
  • laceration
  • tool-breakage
Affected units
21,300

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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