Blowers

CPSC product category · 17 recalls · 0.2% of the register · about 2,723,970 units

17 CPSC recalls on this register (0.2% of 10,027) are filed under Blowers, most in 2006 (4). Together they cover about 2,723,970 units; the median recall lists 50,500.

The hazards mentioned most often are fire, burn and other.

Hazards cited

Fire12

Firms named most often

Firm	Recalls
Homelite Consumer Products	2
The Toro	2
Black & Decker (U.S.)	1
Kawasaki Motors	1
Shindaiwa	1
Stihl	1
STIHL	1

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in Blowers by year announced.

Median units per recall: 50,500 (all recalls: 8,800).

Most recent recalls

Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	No.
6 Mar 2014	Air Movers Recalled by Packaging Tape Inc. Due to Fire Hazard	OPS America	Fire, Overheating	2,800	14125
12 Nov 2009	Backpack Blowers Recalled by Homelite Due to Fire Hazard	Homelite Consumer Products	Fire	85,000	10037
11 Dec 2008	The Toro Company Reannounces Recall of Electric Blowers Due to Projectile Hazards	The Toro		900,000	09062
15 May 2008	Shindaiwa Corp. Recalls Backpack Blowers Due to Laceration and Impact Hazards	Shindaiwa Kogyo	Laceration, Impact injury	23,000	08271
24 Aug 2007	Shindaiwa Inc. Announces Recall of Backpack Blowers Due to Fire Hazard	Shindaiwa Kogyo Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, Japan	Fire	22,000	07289
26 Jul 2007	The Toro Company Recalls Electric Blowers Due to Projectile Hazards	The Toro		900,000	07253
10 Oct 2006	Black & Decker Recalls Blower/Vacuums for Fire Hazard	Black & Decker (U.S.)	Fire, Overheating	272,000	07005
25 Apr 2006	CPSC, RedMax Backpack Blowers Recalled Due to Fire Hazard	Komatsu Zenoah America, doing business as RedMax	Fire	170,000	06147
25 Apr 2006	CPSC, Shindaiwa Inc. Announce Recall of Backpack Blowers Due to Fire Hazard	Shindaiwa	Fire	87,000	06146
25 Jan 2006	Leaf Blowers Sold at Home Depot Recalled for Laceration Hazard	Homelite Consumer Products	Laceration	1,550	06073
18 Oct 2005	CPSC, Stihl Inc. Announce Recall of Backpack Blowers	Stihl		6,230	06008
26 Jun 2001	CPSC, Five Firms Announce Recall of Backpack Blowers	Husqvarna Forest & Garden	Fire, Burn	50,500	01178
24 Apr 2001	Backpack Blowers Recalled by Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA	Kawasaki Motors	Fire, Burn	3,000	01128a
20 Mar 2001	CPSC, STIHL Inc. Announce Recall of Backpack Blowers	STIHL	Fire, Burn	890	01109a
11 Apr 2000	CPSC, John Deere Consumer Products Inc. Announce Recall of Homelite® Handheld Power Blowers/Vacuums	John Deere Consumer Products	Fire, Burn	200,000	00096
31 Jul 1997	Gasoline-Powered Backpack Blowers Recall by Homelite	Homelite	Fire, Burn	—	97165
20 Dec 1995	CPSC And Tanaka Recall Backpack Blowers	Tanaka	Fire, Burn	—	96050

Questions and answers

How many CPSC recalls are there for Blowers?

17 on this register (0.2% of 10,027), covering about 2,723,970 units; the median recall lists 50,500 units.

What hazards are cited for Blowers?

fire (12), burn (6), other (3), laceration (2).

Where does the category come from?

It is the product type CPSC assigns to the first product in each recall record. Records without a product type (mostly before 2010) are not in any category.

Provenance

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission Recall Retrieval Web Services, public domain, retrieved 29 Sep 2026; latest record dated 24 Sep 2026. See the methodology.