APA-The Engineered Wood Association house repair and building materials
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 19, 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 19, 2015the latest report was made
- Jan 19, 2015the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- None given: no report names a brand, so the group is named for its maker, APA-The Engineered Wood Association
- Maker
- APA-The Engineered Wood AssociationMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- House repair and building materialsCPSC’s product type: House Repair or Construction Materials,nec (code 1876), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Building Materials & Home Structures
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| January 2015 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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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Hurt, no treatment Made Jan 19, 2015, sent to the company Feb 3, 2015, published by CPSC Feb 19, 2015
The product, in the report: Lowe’s product: 12249 23/32 STURDIFLOOR T&GROOV pine subfloor Ames, Iowa
We installed 4 sheets of pine subfloor on January 2, 2015. The product was sold as “no added urea formaldehyde”. The person cutting the plywood had a low grade fever and nausea for two days after exposure to the sawdust. A person living in the home experienced low grade fever with increasing swelling over the entire body including shortness of breath by the eighth day when they left the home and showed symptom improvement within two hours.
The product was removed from the home and one person helping with the removal experienced sinus swelling from their brief exposure to the product. All people adversely affected routinely use building products with no adverse effects.
The Lowe’s receipt shows product 12249 23/32 Sturdifloor T&Groov
Sturdifloor website appears to suggest that the product may contain melamine formaldehyde. Any person trying to avoid fromaldehyde could be at great risk. It makes us nervous that the product can be sold by Lowe’s with a product description stating, “Contains no added urea formaldehyde.” The product was also listed as, “ Exempt from the world’s leading formaldehyde emission standards and regulations due to very low emission rates.”
The person living in the home, and home at all times, has a diagnosed allergy to formaldehyde and had no reason to suspect formaldehyde as present in a form other than “urea formaldehyde.” We find the Lowe’s listing to be intentionally misleading on the subject of formaldehyde content and potentially dangerous to those with a known formaldehyde problem.
- Bought from
- Lowe’s
- Bought
- Jan 2, 2015
- Where
- Unspecified: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- made or sold by APA-The Engineered Wood Association
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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
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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.