Consumer Alert: Agis Electric Fans Recalled

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Consumer Alert from CPSC
Consumer Alert: Agis Electric Fans Recalled
Fans can overheat and lack sufficient finger guards

CPSC, Nov. 16 -- Agis Enterprises Co. Inc., of West Keansburg, N.J., is recalling about 11,800 electric fans. The fans being recalled are a 12-inch desk fan, a 16-inch desk fan, a 16-inch stand fan, an 18-inch stand fan with three legs, and an 18-inch stand fan with a round base. Writing on all of these fans includes "AGIS" and "MADE IN TAIWAN."

Discount stores in the metropolitan New York area sold these electric fans from April 1998 through September 1999 for about $50.

PROBLEM: The fans could overheat during use, present an electrocution hazard and do not have sufficient guards to prevent fingers from contacting the fan blades, posing the risk of finger amputations.

INCIDENTS/INJURIES: None reported.

WHAT TO DO: Stop using these fans immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a refund. For more information, call Agis Enterprises Co. Inc., collect at (732) 787-1191 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.

To see a picture of the recalled product(s) and/or to establish a link from your web site to this press release on CPSC's web site, link to the following address: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml01/01033.html. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-8772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or visit CPSC's website at http://www.cpsc.gov/talk.html.


		To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800)638-2772. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's web site at http://www.cpsc.gov. Consumers can report product hazards to info@cpsc.gov.

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