3M ear protection devices
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Nov 22, 2016. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Nov 22, 2016the latest report was made
- Nov 22, 2016the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- 3M
- Maker
- 3M CO.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Ear protection devicesCPSC’s product type: Ear Protection Devices (code 1617), in Personal Care: Personal Protection
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| November 2016 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- First aid 1 CPSC: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-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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First aid Made Nov 22, 2016, sent to the company Dec 22, 2016, published by CPSC Jan 9, 2017
The product, in the report: Headphones to prevent noise pollution
This caller is reporting his noise control protective earmuffs that he purchased in August 2015 via Amazon online. He had used them only a few times and he was using them while working in his yard blowing leaves on November 13, 2016 when they burst throwing pieces of plastic into his head. He was taking a break from blowing the leaves and the plastic just blew apart and cut his head at various places. The caller’s head was cut superficially but deeper than that of a scratch and is bleeding. He and his wife cleaned all of the cut’s and have put medicine on them to protect from infection while he is healing. He is reporting this incident for the benefit of other consumers so that they are not injured in the same manner or worse. This could have resulted in loss of sight if the pieces of plastic had been pointed toward him. He would ask that this product is inspected and recalled. During this report he also discovered that the product he received and began using is not the product that he received it is one of a lesser value.
- Model
- none noted
- Serial number
- none noted
- Bought from
- Amazon
- Bought
- Nov 13, 2015
- Where
- Charlestown, Rhode Island: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 72, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand 3M, made or sold by 3M CO.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-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.
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Sources
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.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.