Hair Dryers Recalled by Four Companies

CPSC recall 80033. Recall date: 8 Sep 1980. Last publish date of the CPSC notice: 18 Dec 2014.

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Poisoning

CPSC recall 80033 has the recall date 8 Sep 1980. The notice names the firm Kmart. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Poisoning. CPSC gives the product type Hair Dryers.

CPSC recall notice More of the notice

Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
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More of the notice

The hazard and the remedy are at the top of the page. Each quotation is the text of CPSC.

CPSC recall 80033: incidents, units, products and firms
Units	The CPSC record gives no number
Description	Hair Dryers Recalled by Four Companies NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 8, 1980 Release # 80-033 More Than 87,000 Additional Hair Dryers Recalled WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 8) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced that more than 87,000 additional hair dryers are being recalled because they were manufactured with asbestos. The majority of the dryers are professional hand-held models sold for use in barber shops and hair salons. The recalls are being conducted voluntarily by four companies, including the K-Mart Corporation, of Troy, Michigan: Rolf Brauchli, Inc., of Skokie, Illinois: Nino Originals, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Select Beauty Brands, Inc., of Carle Place, New York. K-Mart is recalling approximately 15,000 model 890 hand- held dryers supplied by Brother International, of Piscataway, New Jersey, and sold to consumers under the K-Mart label since 1972. Consumers whose dryers are in working condition can exchange them for a depreciated cash refund of $1.79, or a new Westminister brand AM/FM "Weather Band" radio (model TV1 or…
Product	K-Mart, Rolf Brauchli, Nino Originals World Champion, Select Beauty Brands Royal Hair Dryers, Hair Dryers
Manufacturer	Kmart; Select Beauty Brands

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The recall in context

Units in this recall: not givenMedian of 1980: not given
CPSC recalls of 1980: 22
Recalls of 1980 with one of the same hazards: 14%
Recalls of 1980 in the category Hair Dryers: 5%
Recalls on the register that name Kmart: 32

Other recalls of the firm

Other CPSC recalls that name Kmart
Date	Recall
23 Feb 2005	CPSC, Kmart Corp. Announce Recall of Martha Stewart Everyday Brand Birch Candle Set Sold Exclusively at Kmart
21 Jul 2004	CPSC, Kmart Corporation Announce Recall of Pool Pump Water Guns
22 Jun 2004	CPSC, Kmart Corp. Announce Recall of Girls' Rompers
18 May 2004	CPSC, Kmart Corp. Announce Recall of Martha Stewart Everyday® Safety Matches
26 Dec 2002	CPSC, Kmart Corp. Announce Recall of Wooden Toy Vehicles
30 Apr 2001	CPSC, Kmart Corp. Announce Recall of MARTHA STEWART EVERYDAY® Brand Tea Kettles
8 Aug 2000	CPSC, Kmart Announce Recall of Children's Swim Masks
17 Apr 2000	CPSC, Kmart Corp. Announce Recall of Children's Lamps
23 Dec 1998	Angel Tree-Top Ornament Recalled by Kmart
8 Oct 1998	CPSC, Kmart Corp. Announce Recall of Inflatable Baby Floats
13 Aug 1998	Inflatable Kiddie Boats Recalled by Kmart
5 Jan 1998	Glide Rides Recalled by Hedstrom

Kmart: all 32 recalls

Official channels

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 80033. https://recallregister.com/product/4014-hair-dryers-recalled-by-four-companies/. 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
Newest CPSC recall on the register: 24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 80033 report injuries?: The CPSC record of recall 80033 has no incident or injury text.
How many CPSC recalls name Kmart?: 32 CPSC recalls on this register name Kmart. This recall is 1 of them.