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PROTON CORPORATION televisions

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Aug 17, 2011. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Aug 17, 2011the latest report was made
  • Aug 17, 2011the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
None given: no report names a brand, so the group is named for its maker, PROTON CORPORATION
Maker
PROTON CORPORATIONMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
TelevisionsCPSC’s product type: Televisions (code 572), in Electronics: TV & Video

By month

1 report from September 2010 to August 2011; the most in August 2011, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
August 20111

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.

Source:

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

  1. No one hurt

    Made Aug 17, 2011, published by CPSC Sep 27, 2011

    The product, in the report: 32” Screen Television

    Caller had been watching television all day that he had purchased online (Shop NBC) in 2006.

    He walked out of the room for approximately twenty minutes then returned to room thinking he would continue watching television but when he walked into the room he saw a white smoke coming out of the product.

    He walked over to it and saw that the wires inside of the television were burning/glowing & that the insulation on the wiring he believed was already burned/fried.

    He immediately pulled the plug out of the wall.

    He contacted the online purchasing station 08/16/2011, was asked, “What do you want us to do about it”, he replied that he was merely informing them and he then was told that the manufacturer was out of business. Caller did not obtain name.

    Shop online identifying #’s Item# = V35788, Invoice# [REDACTED] dated 07/21/2006, Order# [REDACTED]

    Model
    PLTV-32CM
    Serial number
    YT32TN061701661
    Bought from
    www.nbc.com, Washington
    Bought
    Jun 15, 2006, about then
    Where
    Sumner, Washington: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    made or sold by PROTON CORPORATION
    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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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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