Powerhouse log splitters
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 27, 2015. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Jan 27, 2015the latest report was made
- Jan 27, 2015the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Powerhouse
- Maker
- Sylvan IncMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Log splittersCPSC’s product type: Log Splitters (code 1457), in Yard & Garden: Gardening & Landscaping
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| January 2015 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
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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No one hurt Made Jan 27, 2015, sent to the company Mar 4, 2015, published by CPSC Mar 19, 2015
The product, in the report: 7 ton electric log splitter
This caller is reporting his electric log splitter that was a replacement provided January 2014 for one that he had purchased December 2013 because the motor wouldn’t operate. He didn’t have any problems with this replacement log splitter until December 2014 when during use by the caller the weld of the metal cutting wedge split, distorting the frame and releasing hydraulic oil. The safety situation explained is that if this is a small splitter that seems to have built to 25 tons or more of pressure and if the weld had been damaged the entire seam length then metal could have been thrown through the air and hit, injured or potentially ended the user or observers livelihood. The caller is asking that this log splitter be inspected to identify how this incident happened then recall the product to protect the public.
There were no injuries
The caller has been attempting to contact the manufacturer but has just today had the manufacturer identified for him. He will be contacting them today.
He is asking that this log splitter with a different model preferable made in the U.S.A.
- Model
- X380
- Serial number
- unknown
- Bought from
- logsplittersdirect.com
- Bought
- Jan 15, 2014, about then
- Where
- Blairstown, New Jersey: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Powerhouse, made or sold by Sylvan Inc
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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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.
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