CPSC, Gainsborough Hardware Industries Announce Recall Of Porcelain Door Knobs
CPSC recall 95126. Recall date: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
Laceration
CPSC recall 95126 has the recall date 30 May 1995. The notice names the firm Gainsborough Hardware. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Laceration. CPSC gives the product type Doors & Door Knobs.
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| Units | The CPSC record gives no number |
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| Description | May 30, 1995 Release # 95-126 WASHINGTON, D.C. - CPSC, Gainsborough Hardware Industries of Norcross, Ga., is recalling 8,000 Empire Style Metaline 600 Series porcelain door knob sets. The door knobs may crack or break during use resulting in hand lacerations.Gainsborough has received two reports of laceration injuries to the hand as a result of these door knobs breaking during use.The door knob sets sold from January 1991 until May 1993 for approximately $10 through 38 hardware and home improvement stores located nationwide. This door knob, which was sold in sets of two, is available in white and ivory and has a gold-colored oval backplate with a rope design around its perimeter. The number 178 appears on the underside of the backplate.Consumers should return the door knobs to the retailer for a full refund or a replacement door knob |
| Product | Empire Style Metaline porcelain door knob sets, Doors & Door Knobs |
| Manufacturer | Gainsborough Hardware |
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- Hazard: Laceration
- Category: Doors & Door Knobs
- CPSC recalls of 1995
The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1995: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1995
- 128
- Recalls of 1995 with one of the same hazards
- 13%
- Recalls of 1995 in the category Doors & Door Knobs
- 1%
- Recalls on the register that name Gainsborough Hardware
- 1
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- CPSC recall notice 95126The notice on the CPSC site, with the pictures and the contact of the firm.
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 95126. https://recallregister.com/product/5674-cpsc-gainsborough-hardware-industries-announce-recall-of-porcelain-doo/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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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 95126 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 95126 has no incident or injury text.