Juicers

22 MOM HAD A JUICER FALL ON FOOT AND TOE DX: CONTUSION TOE PAIN FOOT

7YOM GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN A CIDER PRESS. DX: FINGER FX

38YOF PATIENT WAS USING A JUICER IN THE KITCHEN AT HOME WHEN HER INDEX FINGER BECAME ENTRAPPED DX: LACERATION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITHOUT FOREIGN BODY WITH DAMAGE TO NAIL

49YOF PRESENTS TO THE ED WITH LACERATION OF THE LEFT POINTER FINGER. PATIENT WAS USING A JUICER WHEN HER FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN THE MACHINE. DX: FINGER LAC

27YOM WITHI FINGER CAUGHT IN A JUICER DX: FINGER INJURY

5 YOM LIKELY CUT HIS FINGER ON THE JUICE MAKER THIS MORNING. DX: NAIL AVULSION FINGER, COMPLICATED LACERATION OF FINGER

32YOF WAS USING A JUICER WHEN SHE CUT HER LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS DX: LACERATION FINGERS

70YOF PRESENTED WITH LACS TO THE 1ST-3RD FINGERS ON THE LT HAND AFTER GETTING HER HAND CAUGHT IN A JUICER. THE PT ELFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN. NO DX

21MOM- PER MOM SHE WAS WASHING DISHES WHILE HOLDING PT THE PT GRABBED THE JUICE MACHINE LID THAT WAS THE BLADE PT THEN ACCIDENTALLY CUT RIGHT WRIST. DX: RIGHT WRIST LACERATION.

30 YOF WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLUG IN A MACHINE TO MAKE JUICE WITH RIGHT HAND WHEN SHE NOTICED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN SHE WAS NEAR THE OUTLET.DX: LACERATION RIGHT HAND, ELECTROCUTION AND NONFATAL EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT

76YOM, PERSISTENT H/A SINCE GOT STRUCK TO HEAD WITH ?JUICER 5 DAYS AGO DX: CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC

55YOF WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER THAT OCCURRED TODAY AFTER PUTTING FINGER IN ELECTRIC JUICER MACHINE. DX: NEAR AMPUTATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER

The consumer indicates that he placed fruits in his juicer and roughly three seconds after he turned it on the unit exploded. The consumer received a laceration about 0.25” long on his left arm, as well as a headache that finally went away the next day. The consumer contacted the Manufacturer and explained the situation; the representative he spoke to offered him a 25.00$ coupon which the consumer is not satisfied with. The consumer was also asked to sign a legal form however he will not be doing so. The consumer states that the juicer is used approximately once a month. The consumer plans on keeping the juicer for at least the next thirty days in case an investigation ensues.

8/8/2022: The consumer noticed pieces of black particles in the pulp that’s separated from the fruit, when juice is made. When she cleaned the pulp, there were pieces of black plastic present. There is a wheel that spins in the juicer and some of the plastic pieces broke off of it as well. The plastic broke away on the support housing of this container. The consumer has been consuming plastic shavings for an unknown length of time and she is concerned about the potential health effects down the line. The consumer contacted the manufacturer and said that their representative blamed the issue on the way the consumer cared for the product. However, after some back and forth, with several calls, the manufacturer agreed to provide a full refund for the product. The consumer is also concerned about others that may have been exposed to this issue. The juicer has an Intertek Number: [REDACTED]

( I filed this report originally on 3/31/2011, but I don't believe it was fully processed). On 2/27/2011, I was using the Aroma ACJ-250 juicer extractor when it exploded with a "boom". The light fixture above my head was shattered and fell onto me. Sharp plastic and shredded metal shrapnel shot out in all directions, traveling 20 feet to my left and 15 feet to my right. The walls of the rooms were what contained the debris from traveling further. My left hand was lacerated and my chest bruised from the force of the explosion. Fruit juice and skin from my juicing efforts splattered and stained the ceiling, walls, cabinets, floor, my face clothing, body, everything I had on the counter and the rug in the adjoining room. Basically, the entire kitchen was a stained mess. It was a very traumatic event which stays with me. I am SO fortunate my face wasn't over the juicer and that I did not lose an eye or sustain life threatening injuries. I am relieved that my 10 year old son, who was helping me juice prior to the event had left the room and that no one else in our household or our pets got in the line of the trajectory pieces of shrapnel. I found pieces of shrapnel for weeks after cleaning up on that day. This was no way for me to have started my birthday. My present in this is that I didn't get more seriously injured, but the "what ifs" haunt me. My husband looked on line and found out this product had been recalled many years back, though that message did not reach me. Since then, I learned that the company had no notification in service to alert consumers. I have called Aroma housewares 5 times and left detailed messages with their legal department to discuss what happened to me, but they have never returned the call.

I've had my Juice Machine by Mr. Coffee for several years and decided to use it, as I had some small [REDACTED] grapes and wanted to get some juice to make jelly. I put less than 1/8 a cup of fresh grapes in it, plugged it in, turned it on, and POW! The machine exploded while it was still plugged in. The base was flipping around on the counter; the round top & metal base blade were spinning; large & tiny chunks of plastic were hurled throughout my kitchen, into the dining room, and down the hall into the utility room! It finally unplugged itself from the wall when the base fell to the floor. It is a miracle my eyesight was not taken from me. For several hours after it happened, I had a loud hum in my ears that turned into sounding like I was under water. Now, I just have an extremely high pitched constant sound. I have had some tinnitus in the past, and it kind of sounds like that only much higher. I took a bath to remove all the tiny pieces of plastic stuck to my face, neck, and body and washed my eyes with an eye rinse. I'm still finding tiny little pieces of plastic on my neck, face, and arms. On Monday, I may go to see my eye doctor to make sure nothing is still in my eyes. I have no idea what caused it to do what it did. I have owned many Mr. Coffee products and have always been very happy with them.

Caller stated that while using the juicer the end cap on the unit broke and became a projectile across the room. Caller stated that fortunately her granddaughter was not present because the impact would have caused serious injuries to the child. The manufacturer was contacted and they informed her that they would send a replacement part but the part was on back order for 8 weeks. Caller feels that this juicer is a safety hazard and should be recalled before someone is seriously hurt.

NOTE: The details in this report was transferred from faxes and emails that the consumer sent to CPSC. The consumer said that he experienced the problem stated in the CPSC Recall# 23-213 and other problems as well. In light of the problems, he discontinued use of the juicer in early 2022. He contacted the manufacturer numerous times, but they would not provide a refund as he requested. The consumer claims that he contacted the manufacturer after the recall was issued (6/1/2023), but they still would not provide a refund or assist him in the manner he preferred. The consumer wrote: "I had both issues mentioned in the recall plus other issues this is the same excuses you did before, that's why I've also asked the attorney general office to investigate you for making bull excuses to not pay my refund. Stop making crappy reasons you need to be sued as well for the crappy business refund practices you have. I am working on that with a senator and news media against your crappy outfit of a company." I had problem with juicer in [ILLEGIBLE]. I notified company, got the runaround. So after a few attempts I stopped using juicer after [ILLEGIBLE] months.

The consumer indicates that she turned her juicer on to high speed and added celery in it. Less than one minute later, the unit exploded and the metal mesh inside it broke off and hit her in her stomach, making a one-inch laceration. The consumer notes that had it not been for the waist trainer she was wearing, her laceration would have been much deeper and bigger. The consumer contacted the Manufacturer and explained the situation; the representative she spoke to informed her that they would escalate her complaint to the Supervisor. The consumer states that the unit was used two to three times per month. The consumer plans on keeping her unit for at least the next thirty days in case an investigation ensues.

I was using the brand new Breville BJE510XL Juice Fountain Multi-speed juicer. This was the first time that I had used it. I read all the directions, unpacked, cleaned and assembled it before the first run. There were no left over packing parts. Everything was seated correctly and the safety arm was in place. I was juicing ginger root which has about the same consistency as carrots so the machine was set on 5. Initially, I was not at all impressed with how much juice was coming from the juicer. I was using it 4-5 minutes when my wife said she smelled electrical burning. She was about 10 feet away in back of the juicer. At that time, the warning E did not appear on the LED screen. I stopped the juicer, refitted the parts. I did not smell any electrical burning smell anywhere around the juicer. I believed she smelled the ginger. I started it up again, and within half to one minute, my wife said the juicer sounded as if it were straining. As I was looking down to the LED screen again to check, the plastic filter bowl exploded with an extremely loud noise, showering me on the chest and abdomen and about a third of the kitchen with plastic shards, wire mesh shards and ginger pulp. It was fortunate that the juicer was on a low counter so my eyes were not level with the filter bowl. I sorted through the debris and collected as many pieces as I could find as well as spent 45 minutes cleaning walls, cabinets, and large appliances that were in the direct line of the explosion. I searched carefully through the pulp container and all of the dispersed pulp looking for any possible foreign body that might have been in the ginger but found no hard or metal objects other than the remnants of the micro mesh filter basket. To say the least, under the wrong circumstances, the explosion could have blinded me or caused facial damage, not to mention that the sound scared the hell out of both of us. I have reported this to the Consumer Product Safety even though you said tha