SpeeCo Recalls Fence Wire Stretchers Due to Laceration Hazard

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Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Summary Statement

This recall involves SpeeCo’s fence wire stretchers, with or without a ratchet control, used for gripping and tightening any type of wire. A recoiling wire can be released from the stretcher unexpectedly and strike bystanders, posing a laceration hazard. The black stretcher has a rubber grip on the lever handle. It measures about 12 inches high, 1 inch wide and 32 inches long. SpeeCo and model S16111500, S161115TSC or S16112000 is printed on a label on the product packaging. The firm has received two reports of a recoiling wire releasing from the stretcher unexpectedly, which caused cuts, abrasions and scratches to the user.
Recall date: August 11, 2016

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2016/SpeeCo-Recalls-Fence-Wire-Stretchers/#remedy