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Safety Hazard - Recall of Eaton Heavy Duty 30A and 60A Safety Switches
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For Units that have been installed: DANGER - Inspection of installed units should only be performed by qualified individuals. Apply appropriate personal protective equipment and follow safe electrical work practices. Verify unit is de-energized prior to any inspection. Failure to follow these instructions will result in serious bodily injury or death. De-energize switch and lock out upstream equipment. Follow the instructions on the attached PDF.
For Units that have not been installed: Identify potentially affected units using the shipping label or publication shown above in the images below. If a yellow dot is located as shown in the images below, no further action is necessary for that unit.
If any potentially affected units are found:
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Catalog Number and Manufacturing Date can be identified on the shipping label as shown above.
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Catalog number and Manufacturing Date can be identified on the unit publication inside the switch.
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Switch cartons with a yellow dot adjacent to the catalog number are conforming.
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Switches with a yellow dot on the handle arm are conforming.
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Safety Hazard - Recall of Eaton Heavy Duty 30A and 60A Safety Switches
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Eaton has identified a potential nonconformance with certain Eaton Heavy Duty 30A and 60A Safety Switches. The safety switch can potentially supply power when the handle is in the “off” position, subjecting the operator of the switch or any downstream equipment to risk of serious bodily injury or death.
Hazard Identified: This issue affects various configurations of 30A and 60A Heavy Duty safety switches manufactured between November 19, 2015 and January 23, 2018. Please see Appendix B for a complete list of affected catalog number prefixes. Potentially affected switches can be identified using the information identified in Figures 1 and 2.For Units that have been installed: DANGER - Inspection of installed units should only be performed by qualified individuals. Apply appropriate personal protective equipment and follow safe electrical work practices. Verify unit is de-energized prior to any inspection. Failure to follow these instructions will result in serious bodily injury or death. De-energize switch and lock out upstream equipment. Follow the instructions on the attached PDF.
For Units that have not been installed: Identify potentially affected units using the shipping label or publication shown above in the images below. If a yellow dot is located as shown in the images below, no further action is necessary for that unit.
If any potentially affected units are found:
- For Eaton authorized channel partners - Please contact Eaton’s PRC Returns at PRCReturns@eaton.com
for a return authorization. - For Eaton authorized channel partners - Please contact Eaton’s Customer Service at
CSCanada@eaton.com for replacement order. - For OEM’s, Contractors, and End Users – Please complete and return Appendix A via email to
HdssAdvisoryBulletinEN@eaton.com or fill out the online form at http://eatoncanada.ca/hdssadvisorybulletin
to initiate Return Process.
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Catalog Number and Manufacturing Date can be identified on the shipping label as shown above.
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Catalog number and Manufacturing Date can be identified on the unit publication inside the switch.
<img alt="" class="yiv0128092491ycb9462771237" width="230" height="134">
Switch cartons with a yellow dot adjacent to the catalog number are conforming.
<img alt="" class="yiv0128092491ycb9462771237" width="230" height="134">
Switches with a yellow dot on the handle arm are conforming.
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