REDACT, Worthington, REDACT, REDACT, REDACT- and various propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings
1 report to CPSC, the latest made May 19, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- May 19, 2018the latest report was made
- May 19, 2018the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- REDACT, Worthington, REDACT, REDACT, REDACT- and various
- Maker
- Worthington CylindersMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittingsCPSC’s product type: Propane, Lp or Butane Gas Tanks or Fittings (code 131), in Fuel, Lighters and Fireworks: Fuel Storage
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| May 2018 | 1 |
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.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Seen by a doctor or nurse Made May 19, 2018, sent to the company May 29, 2018, published by CPSC Jun 12, 2018
The product, in the report: fuel cylinders containing propane, propylene, and MAPP fuel, and related torch attachments that contain safety features - both suffer design defects
I am an attorney representing various injured users of the products in USA and Canada. The fuel cylinders have design defects at the neck (topmost area). They fail and explode, causing severe burn injuries and horrific deaths. In discovery the defendant disclosed that the cylinders filled with “MAPP” fuel have a brazing (welding) compound consisting of:
Copper (43-47%); Ethylene glycol (5-10%); Nickel (24-27%); Phosphorus (3-4%)
The other cylinders have brazing compound of 100% copper. The cylinders with the mixed compound are failing on the compound itself for the most part. All the cylinders are failing on the parent metal as well, but the cylinders with MAPP fail much more often on the brazing compound. The fix is to recall and remove all the MAPP cylinders entirely. The “MAPP” cylinders, and only the MAPP, were discontinued in 2008, but there are millions of them still in possession of users worldwide. Those simply need to be recalled and returned to the manufacturer for safe destruction. The propane and propylene need to be recalled and manufactured from a thicker metal. They are presently .021”, which is too thin and allows for failures of the parent metal. The torch attachments need to be recalled to improve the safety features and remove the trigger lock mechanism.
- Model
- Unknown
- Serial number
- Unknown
- Bought from
- Blain’s Farm & Fleet
- Bought
- Dec 5, 2013
- Where
- Rockford, Illinois: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 54, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand REDACT, Worthington, REDACT, REDACT, REDACT- and various, made or sold by Worthington Cylinders
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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