Personal Protection: CPSC recalls in this category

9 CPSC recalls are in the product category Personal Protection. That is 0.1% of the 10,027 CPSC recalls on the register. The notices give about 316,300 units for these recalls. The median recall has 15,400 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 9 of 9.

Newest CPSC recalls in the category Personal Protection
Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	CPSC number
26 Jul 2016	Inovonics Recalls Pendants, Universal Transmitters and Receivers Due to Alarm Failure (Recall Alert)	Inovonics		5,500	16760
23 Jun 2016	3M Recalls Hard Hats Due to Shock Hazard	3M Company	Electric shock	7,500	16201
9 Jun 2016	AR500 Armor Recalls Level III Body Armor Due to Risk of Gunshot Injury or Death	AR500 Armor		10,000	16192
30 Oct 2014	Visonic Recalls Amber Personal Emergency Response Pendants and Kits Due to Pendant Battery Failure	Visonic		29,200	15018
19 Jun 2014	Linear Expands Recall of Personal Emergency Reporting System Transmitters Due to Battery Signal Failure	Linear		175,000	14212
12 Feb 2014	Visonic Amber Personal Emergency Response Kits Recalled Due to Failure to Signal Emergency Assistance	Visonic		1,700	14104
9 Dec 2013	Linear Recalls Personal Emergency Reporting System Transmitters Due to Battery Signal Failure	Linear H.K. Manufacturing		48,000	14044
11 Sep 2013	Visonic Recalls Amber Personal Emergency Response System Kits Due to Remote Pendant Battery Signal Failure	Visonic		24,000	13280
19 Apr 2011	Spot Recalls Satellite Communicator Due To Loss of Emergency Communications Capability	Spot		15,400	11735

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

Personal Protection: recalls that name each hazard
Hazard		Recalls
Other		8
Electric shock		1

Firms

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

Visonic3
3M Company1

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in the category Personal Protection, by the year of the recall date. The largest year is 2014, with 3 recalls.

Units in these recalls: 316,300
Median units of one recall: 15,400All 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. Personal Protection: CPSC recalls in this category. https://recallregister.com/category/personal-protection/. 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 Personal Protection have?: Other: 8 recalls. Electric shock: 1 recall.
What is the newest CPSC recall in the category Personal Protection?: CPSC recall 16760, with the recall date 26 Jul 2016. The CPSC title is: Inovonics Recalls Pendants, Universal Transmitters and Receivers Due to Alarm Failure (Recall Alert)
Which firms have a page and a recall in the category Personal Protection?: 2 firms on this page. The list is in the order of the number of recalls and starts with Visonic, with 3.
Where does the category Personal Protection come from?: Personal Protection 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.