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Kirkland Signature Coffee metal containers

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Mar 20, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Mar 20, 2018the latest report was made
  • Mar 20, 2018the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Kirkland Signature Coffee
Maker
Costco WholesaleMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Metal containersCPSC’s product type: Metal Containers (code 1112), in Containers & Packaging: Metal

By month

1 report from April 2017 to March 2018; the most in March 2018, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
March 20181

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Seen by a doctor or nurse 1 CPSC: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. Seen by a doctor or nurse

    Made Mar 20, 2018, sent to the company Jun 15, 2018, published by CPSC Jun 29, 2018

    The product, in the report: Kirkland Signature Coffee Container - Metal Freshness Seal

    On 19 March 2018 I retrieved from the cabinet a new, unopened, can of Kirkland Signature brand coffee container. I pulled off the plastic lid, revealing the intact metal freshness seal. I grabbed with my right hand the grip tab of the metal freshness seal and pulled to separate the metal freshness seal from the metal coffee container.

    I immediately felt a sharp pain in my left thumb and immediately notices a substantial flow of blood from the pad of the left thumb. The flow of blood was from a one-half-inch, 1 mm deep laceration resulting from the razor-sharp edge of the metal freshness seal running through the pad of my left thumb.

    I immediately applied rinsed, washed, and applied a pressure dressing and bandage to my left thumb. I’m a state certified emergency medical technician with 30 years’ pre-hospital care experience, so I was able to control the bleeding.

    I showed the metal freshness seal to a colleague who immediately said, “Kirkland coffee will slice you.” So my incident is not the first, and I’m certain there are many-many more similar incidents.

    I’m requesting the CPSC to investigate the frequency and severity of similar injuries resulting from Kirkland’s coffee container metal freshness seal. The product in inherently dangerous. Other coffee manufacturers (e.g., [REDACTED]) does not use this type of metal seal in their coffee containers.

    Please feel free to contact me at your convenience, as I have photographs of the product and my injury (post-injury day 2).

    Thank You, [REDACTED]

    Model
    See photos
    UPC
    9661917767
    Where
    Phoenix, Arizona: Other Public Property/Office
    Who was involved
    Age 59, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Kirkland Signature Coffee, made or sold by Costco Wholesale
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, Seen by Medical Professional

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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