FirstBuild OPAL Nugget Icemaker ice makers
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jun 8, 2022. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Jun 8, 2022the latest report was made
- Jun 8, 2022the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- FirstBuild OPAL Nugget Icemaker
- Maker
- GE Appliances, a Haier companyMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Ice makersSeparate from refrigeratorsCPSC’s product type: Ice Makers (Separate From Refrigerators) (code 227), in Kitchen: Appliances
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| June 2022 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No incident, no one hurt 1 CPSC: No 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 incident, no one hurt Made Jun 8, 2022, sent to the company Feb 9, 2023, published by CPSC Feb 24, 2023
The product, in the report: FirstBuild Opal Nugget Ice Maker
I have had a FirstBuild Opal Ice maker since 1/1/2019. It was replaced once or twice for issues with the first generation, I now have had the second generation for about 2 years now.
I started having gray stuff show up on my ice. I searched online for this problem and found several people saying there was black mold in the water reservoir. This reservoir is not easy to get to, you have to take the top of the machine off (4 screws and an electrical connection) to get the reservoir top off. The first time I took it off after nearly a year of operation, it was completely coated with what I thought was black mold. A gray powdery substance. (long story buy please stick with me) When I clean this machine, I use vinegar to descale. I save that vinegar to clean the tub an toilets from scale build up.
It may have looked like like mold, but it turns out what I thought was mold is powdered metal!!! The used cleaning solution I have been saving has gray “powder” accumulated in the bottom of the jug of used vinegar. When I place a magnet next to the plastic bottle and the gray powder reacts to the magnet. I think this is from the ice machine’s auger failing, but that is just an opinion.
This is a major health hazard to everyone who has this ice maker.
Please give me a call if you would like to discuss further.
- Model
- OPAL01B
- Serial number
- BT0017399
- Bought from
- Amazon
- Bought
- Dec 16, 2019, about then
- Where
- Flagstaff, Arizona: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 57, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand FirstBuild OPAL Nugget Icemaker, made or sold by GE Appliances, a Haier company
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- No Incident, No Injury
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.