Knives: CPSC recalls in this category

9 CPSC recalls are in the product category Knives. That is 0.1% of the 10,027 CPSC recalls on the register. The notices give about 795,100 units for these recalls. The median recall has 80,000 units.

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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 9 of 9.

Newest CPSC recalls in the category Knives
Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	CPSC number
22 Oct 2015	L.L. Bean Recalls Knives with Sheath Due to Laceration Hazard	L.L. Bean	Laceration	300	16704
26 May 2015	Gerber Recalls Cohort Knives Due to Laceration Hazard	Gerber	Laceration	150,000	15148
10 Jul 2014	Master Cutlery Recalls Neck Knives Due to Laceration Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Big 5 Sports	Master Cutlery	Laceration, Fall	4,000	14227
6 Jun 2013	Gerber Recalls Machetes with Stitched Sheaths Due to Laceration Hazard	Gerber	Laceration	80,000	13209
16 Aug 2012	Gerber Recalls Machetes Due to Laceration Hazard	Gerber	Laceration	119,000	12248
28 Feb 2012	Greenlee Recalls Utility Knives Due to Laceration Hazard	Greenlee Textron	Laceration	1,800	12119
14 Jun 2011	Calphalon Recalls to Repair Contemporary Cutlery Knife Block Sets Due to Laceration Hazard	Calphalon	Laceration	217,000	11246
23 Dec 2009	Utility Knife Recalled by Dollar Tree Due to Laceration Hazard	Greenbrier International	Laceration	204,000	10091
22 Dec 2009	5.11 Tactical® Knives Recalled Due to Laceration Hazard	Spanlink International	Laceration	19,000	10088

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

Knives: recalls that name each hazard
Hazard		Recalls
Laceration		9
Fall		1

Firms

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

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in the category Knives, by the year of the recall date. The largest year is 2009, with 2 recalls.

Units in these recalls: 795,100
Median units of one recall: 80,000All 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. Knives: CPSC recalls in this category. https://recallregister.com/category/knives/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence: US government work, public domain
Data retrieved: 30 Sep 2026

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Questions

Which hazards do the recalls in the category Knives have?: Laceration: 9 recalls. Fall: 1 recall.
What is the newest CPSC recall in the category Knives?: CPSC recall 16704, with the recall date 22 Oct 2015. The CPSC title is: L.L. Bean Recalls Knives with Sheath Due to Laceration Hazard
Which firms have a page and a recall in the category Knives?: 4 firms on this page. The list is in the order of the number of recalls and starts with Gerber, with 3.
Where does the category Knives come from?: Knives 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.