Black & Decker to Pay $1.575 Million Penalty for Failure to Report Product Safety Hazards
Black & Decker has agreed to pay a $1.575 million civil penalty for its failure to report defective lawnmowers to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, said CPSC on April 29 (here). The company had known its lawnmowers sometimes didn’t turn…
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off or would restart spontaneously since 1998 and 2003, respectively, but didn’t report the safety hazards to CPSC until 2009, and didn’t initiate a recall until 2010, said CPSC. The penalty is Black & Decker’s sixth since 1986 for failure to report product safety defects, said the agency. Black & Decker also agreed to maintain an internal compliance program as part of the settlement, said CPSC.