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Safety Tips For Fimco Electric Pressure Washers

CPSC recall 84064. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

CPSC recall 84064 has the recall date 1 Nov 1984. The notice names the firm Big Butch. The CPSC record gives no number of units. CPSC gives the product type Pressure Washers.

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CPSC recall 84064: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Safety Tips For Fimco Electric Pressure Washers NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 1984 Release # 84-064 Fimco Offers Safety Tips For Electric Pressure Washers To Reduce Shock Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Fimco, Inc., of Sioux City, Iowa, today announced that it will voluntarily provide safety kits to modify the handles of its approximately 14,150 electric pressure washers purchased before January 1984. The affected washers, which pump water under high pressure to clean porches, houses, motor vehicles, outdoor power equipment or farm equipment, were sold nationally under the "Big Butch" trade name by various retailers and under the Sears brand name through Sears catalogs. There have been no injuries or deaths involving the Fimco machines; however; the Commission is aware of 10 electrocutions associated with other electric pressure washers. The washer does not present a hazard if operated according to instructions, according to Fimco. However, the metal handle or other exposed metal part could become…
ProductFimco Big Butch electric pressure washers, Pressure Washers
ManufacturerBig Butch; Fimco

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1984: not given
CPSC recalls of 1984
44
Recalls of 1984 with one of the same hazards
25%
Recalls of 1984 in the category Pressure Washers
2%
Recalls on the register that name Big Butch
1

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 84064. https://recallregister.com/product/4478-safety-tips-for-fimco-electric-pressure-washers/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

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US Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Data retrieved
30 Sep 2026
Newest CPSC recall on the register
24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 84064 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 84064 has no incident or injury text.