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Kemp Shredder - Safety Instructions

CPSC recall 74074. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Laceration

CPSC recall 74074 has the recall date 4 Nov 1974. The notice names a person as the firm, and this site does not show the name. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Laceration. CPSC gives the product type Shredders/Chippers.

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CPSC recall 74074: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Kemp Shredder - Safety Instructions NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 1974 Release # 74-074 Safety Instructions Issued On Kemp Shredder Erie, Pennsylvania (Nov. 4) -- Kemp Shredder Company of Erie, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of home shredder and cornposting equipment used for the shredding and cornposting of leaves, weeds, grass clippings, brush trimmings, garden residues, kitchen scraps, small sticks and similar material today issued the following instructions to owners and users of its models numbered or identified as SKO; 6-04; and 6-0, any and all of which were manufactured and sold by Kemp Shredder Company prior to May 16, 1973. All owners and users of those models are hereby instructed that in the use of any of the models the operating instructions including the warnings contained therein as well as the warning placards and plates affixed to the machine should be read and the contents specifically noted. In addition any owner or user should strictly adhere to the following instructions: Before starting the engine and during all times the engine is running…
ProductKemp Shredder Company home shredder and cornposting equipment, Shredders/Chippers
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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1974: not given
CPSC recalls of 1974
14
Recalls of 1974 with one of the same hazards
7%
Recalls of 1974 in the category Shredders/Chippers
7%

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 74074. https://recallregister.com/product/3758-kemp-shredder-safety-instructions/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

Sources

Source
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence
US government work, public domain
Data retrieved
30 Sep 2026
Newest CPSC recall on the register
24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 74074 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 74074 has no incident or injury text.