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Samsung Washing Machines Recalled For Risk of 'Impact Injuries' (usatoday.com)

Posted by msmash on from the bad-machines dept.

The Galaxy Note7 smartphone is not the only Samsung product consumers need to worry about. On Friday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of 2.8 million top-loading washing machines because of a risk of "impact injuries." From a report on USA Today: According to CPSC, the top of the washing machine could unexpectedly detach during use. Samsung received 733 reports of "excessive vibration" or the top detaching from the chassis of the machine. Nine injuries have been reported, including a broken jaw. The machines were sold at multiple retailers including Best Buy, The Home Depot, Lowe's and Sears from March 2011 to November 2016.

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  1. I'll get real worried by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    when Samsung starts selling battery-powered washing machines...

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  2. Re:So we need to be Samsung haters now? by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Engineers who do electronics and phones designs are not the same that do washing machine designs.

    Indeed.
    Washing machine engineers specialize in blunt force trauma, phone engineers specialize in first degree burns.
    Next up are the TV engineers specializing in seizures and then the printer engineers specializing in ozone poisoning.

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  3. Missing from instruction manual by ChrisMaple · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do not sit in washing machine. This machine is for washing clothes, not people.

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