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Woods power strips and surge protectors

5 reports to CPSC, the latest made Jan 9, 2024. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 5reports to CPSC
  • Jan 9, 2024the latest report was made
  • Jul 9, 2012the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
Woods
Makers
COLEMAN CABLE, INC, KATY INDUSTRIES and SOUTHWIRE COMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Power strips and surge protectorsCPSC’s product type: Surge Suppressors or Power Strips (code 4083), in Electronics: Cables, Surge & Power Protection

By month

2 reports from February 2023 to January 2024; the most in January 2024, 1. 3 earlier reports, since July 2012, are in the table.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
January 20241
November 20231
September 20201
December 20191
July 20121

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 4 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
  • 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.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No incident, no one hurt

    Made Jan 9, 2024, sent to the company Jan 30, 2024, published by CPSC Feb 13, 2024

    The product, in the report: Surge protector power strip

    I have a woods power strip that allowed me to plug in an [REDACTED] charger with one blade in the power strip and the other blade on the outside of the strip exposed.

    Where
    Saranac, Michigan: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 23, Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    My Child
    As this report names them
    Brand Woods, made or sold by SOUTHWIRE CO
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    No Incident, No Injury
  2. No one hurt

    Made Nov 12, 2023, sent to the company Nov 14, 2023, published by CPSC Nov 29, 2023

    The product, in the report: A single surge protector made for one item to be plugged into it. It is a grounded unit.

    I smelled a funny smell and went looking for it and found the surge protector smoking and about to burst into flames. It was a single surge protector for just one item to be plugged into it. I immediately unplugged the closed system radiator that was plugged into it. And went to get something to protect my hands while I unplugged it from the wall.

    Where
    Bigfork, Montana: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 69, Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Woods, made or sold by COLEMAN CABLE, INC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  3. No one hurt

    Made Sep 3, 2020, sent to the company Oct 5, 2020, published by CPSC Nov 10, 2020

    The product, in the report: Surge protected relocatable power tap. 6 plug 2 phone jacks. Manufactured date 1998

    Unreported fire of a relocatable power tap found in a business.

    Model
    5196A1
    Where
    Janesville, Wisconsin: Other Public Property/Office
    Who was involved
    Unspecified
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand Woods, made or sold by COLEMAN CABLE, INC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  4. No one hurt

    Made Dec 9, 2019, sent to the company Jan 28, 2020, published by CPSC Feb 11, 2020

    The product, in the report: Surge Protector

    The consumer indicates that the vaporizer she had connected to her surge protector shot water two feet away from it. The surge protector failed to shut off so it was smoking and sparking. The consumer notes that the surge protector was somewhat black at the top. The unit would not shut off immediately but rather after the consumer tried turning it off five or six times.

    The consumer notes that the smell of burning still lingers her home.

    The consumer indicates that surge protector was used daily for eight hours as she purchased the product specifically for her dialysis machine and its modem. Being disabled, the consumer is unable to unplug the surge protector from the wall as she cannot move the dresser that blocks it; her son will do so on 12/18/2019 when he visits her.

    The consumer plans on keeping her surge protector for at least the next thirty days in case an investigation ensues.

    Model
    5272
    Bought
    Mar 15, 2018, about then
    Where
    Port Richey, Florida: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 60, Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Woods, made or sold by COLEMAN CABLE, INC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  5. No one hurt

    Made Jul 9, 2012, sent to the company Jul 24, 2012, published by CPSC Aug 7, 2012

    The product, in the report: Woods brand power strip with 7 outlets, an on/off toggle switch, an In and Out phone jack type connectors with a circuit breaker switch. The unit is beige in color.

    During a partial power outage, resident smelled a burning smell and found the power strip with scorch marks and a hole burned through the back of the unit.

    Model
    5195
    Serial number
    W11G-C
    Where
    Bartlett, Illinois: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Unspecified
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand Woods, made or sold by KATY INDUSTRIES
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    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.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources

  • 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.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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