Seattle Manufacturing Corporation (SMC) 2019-08-07 Kitchen moderate CPSC
Kitchen · CPSC · Recall #CPSC-19180
Kobah Ice Axes Recall
Issued August 7, 2019 · Seattle Manufacturing Corporation (SMC) · 165 units affected
Compiled by Maya Ellison, RecallCheckr
What this means for you
The spike and/or head of the ice axe can detach from the handle during use, posing serious injury and fall hazards to the climber.
What you should do
- 1 Stop using Kobah Ice Axes right away.
- 2 Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
- 3 Contact Seattle Manufacturing Corporation (SMC) to arrange your refund. See the official notice below for contact details.
- 4 Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Official remedy (Refund): Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled ice axes and return them to Seattle Manufacturing Corporation (SMC) for a full refund. SMC is contacting all known purchasers directly.
Recall details
- Brand
- Seattle Manufacturing Corporation (SMC)
- Category
- Kitchen
- Recall date
- August 7, 2019
- Units affected
- 165
- Sold at
- Specialty climbing shops along the West coast and online at www.smcgear.com from March 2019 through June 2019 for about $100.
- Recall number
- CPSC-19180
- Made in
- United States
- Issuing agency
- CPSC
In context
- Seattle Manufacturing Corporation (SMC) has 1 recall in our database.
- We're tracking 296 Kitchen recalls in our database.
- 165 units is enough to reach roughly 1 in every 793,939 US households.
- This is the 38th Kitchen recall we've logged in 2019.