Delegated Services Risk Warning: Whirlpool dryers recall

Hello all,

If you have one of these you will have probably already spotted the warnings and concerns, but just in case the BBC are reporting today:

The government is to issue an "unprecedented" recall notice of up to 500,000 Whirlpool tumble dryers which pose a fire safety risk.

It comes four years after Whirlpool issued a warning after it found its Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit dryers had a fault which needed fixing.

The fault was blamed for at least 750 fires over an 11-year period, according to the government.

Whirlpool said safety was its "number one priority".

It urged anyone still owning an affected to dryer to contact the company immediately on 0800 151 0905.

A spokeswoman added: "In the meantime, anyone with an affected dryer that has not been modified should unplug it and not use it until the modification has been completed."

An estimated 5.3 million dryers were sold in the UK, but it is thought up to 500,000 could still be in use.

https://safety.hotpoint.eu/country.jsp?lang=en

For more information:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48603753

Bill

Bill Crocker

Executive Director

Tech IOSH, MEPS, MRICS.

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