Drills & Bits: CPSC recalls in this category

11 CPSC recalls are in the product category Drills & Bits. That is 0.1% of the 10,027 CPSC recalls on the register. The notices give about 2,445,350 units for these recalls. The median recall has 58,000 units.

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Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
CPSC publishes these words. Source: CPSC recall notices, section About the U.S. CPSC, read on 1 Oct 2026. The hazard, the remedy and the incident text on this site are the words of the CPSC recall notice. Newest CPSC recall on the register: 24 Sep 2026.

Newest recalls

The newest 11 of 11.

Newest CPSC recalls in the category Drills & Bits
Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	CPSC number
27 Nov 2012	Harbor Freight Tools Recalls Cordless Drill Due to Fire and Burn Hazard	Harbor Freight Tools	Fire, Burn, Overheating	108,000	13047
30 Jun 2010	Southern Technologies Recalls Drill Presses Due to Shock Hazard	Southern Technologies	Electric shock	500	10288
12 Jun 2008	Robert Bosch Tool Corp. Recalls Hammer Drills Due to Risk of Injury	Robert Bosch Tool		9,700	08303
20 Dec 2007	DeWALT Recalls Cordless Drills due to Fire Hazard	DEWALT Industrial Tool	Fire, Overheating	346,000	08143
9 Jun 2006	Safety Alert: Robert Bosch Tool Corp. Masonry Drill Bits Lack Safety Warning Label	Robert Bosch Tool Corp., Mt. Prospect, Ill	Laceration, Crash, Tip-over	700,000	06185
16 Aug 2005	CPSC, JS Products and Mac Tools Announce Recall of Cordless Drill/Drivers	JS Products	Burn, Explosion, Overheating	2,000	05596
24 Jul 2003	CPSC, Black & Decker Announce Recall to Repair 18-volt Cordless Drill/Drivers	Black & Decker (U.S.)	Fire, Overheating	265,000	03164
20 Aug 2002	CPSC, Black & Decker Announce Recall to Repair Cordless Drill/Drivers	Black and Decker (U.S.)	Fire, Overheating	950,000	02234
9 May 2002	CPSC, Ryobi Technologies, Inc. Announce Recall of Hammer Drills	Ryobi Technologies, Inc. (RTI)		6,000	02157
10 May 2001	CPSC, Power Tool Manufacturers Announce Recall of Electric Drills	Milwaukee Electric Tool		58,000	01150
6 Oct 1998	Skil Hammer Drill Recalled by S-B Power Tool	S-B Power Tool	Electric shock	150	99003a

Hazard: The way a product can cause harm, in the words of the CPSC recall notice. This site also puts each recall under short hazard names.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Hazards

Drills & Bits: recalls that name each hazard
Hazard		Recalls
Overheating		5
Fire		4
Other		3
Burn		2
Electric shock		2
Crash		1
Explosion		1
Laceration		1
Tip-over		1

Firms

Firms with a page, in the order of the number of recalls.

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in the category Drills & Bits, by the year of the recall date. The largest year is 2002, with 2 recalls.

Units in these recalls: 2,445,350
Median units of one recall: 58,000All CPSC recalls: 8,800
Share of all CPSC recalls on the register: 0.1%

Official channels

CPSC recallsThe list of all recall notices on the CPSC site.
SaferProducts.govThe CPSC site for a report about a consumer product.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Drills & Bits: CPSC recalls in this category. https://recallregister.com/category/drills-bits/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence: US government work, public domain
Data retrieved: 29 Sep 2026

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Questions

Which hazards do the recalls in the category Drills & Bits have?: Overheating: 5 recalls. Fire: 4 recalls. Other: 3 recalls.
What is the newest CPSC recall in the category Drills & Bits?: CPSC recall 13047, with the recall date 27 Nov 2012. The CPSC title is: Harbor Freight Tools Recalls Cordless Drill Due to Fire and Burn Hazard
Which firms have a page and a recall in the category Drills & Bits?: 6 firms on this page. The list is in the order of the number of recalls and starts with Black & Decker (U.S.), with 1.
Where does the category Drills & Bits come from?: Drills & Bits is a product type of CPSC. This site uses the type of the first product of a recall. Most records before 2010 have no product type.