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Article: Companies Fined Over Product Dangers
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- November 10, 2002
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ A San Francisco company has agreed to an $885,000
fine for failing to report safety defects in a weed trimmer attachment
linked to more than a dozen injuries and the death of a 3-year-old
girl, the government said.
U.S. Home and Garden Inc. and a subsidiary will pay the civil penalty
for allegedly not telling the government of problems associated with
attachments to the Weed Wizard trimmer, the Consumer Product Safety
Commission said.
In a lawsuit filed in July, the government said the companies knew
of a February 1998 internal report that found the product could cause
serious injuries, but continued to sell it for more than two years
afterward. A ...