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Visual Comfort ceiling lights and chandeliers

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Oct 17, 2024. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Oct 17, 2024the latest report was made
  • Oct 17, 2024the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Visual Comfort
Maker
Visual Comfort of America LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Ceiling lights and chandeliersElectric light fixtures fixed in placeCPSC’s product type: Electric Chandeliers or Other Attached Light Fixtures (code 628), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Indoor Lighting

By month

1 report from November 2023 to October 2024; the most in October 2024, 1.
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Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
October 20241

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.

Source:

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

  1. Hurt, no treatment

    Made Oct 17, 2024, sent to the company Oct 22, 2024, published by CPSC Nov 5, 2024

    The product, in the report: Swing-arm lamp, as shown here: https://www.visualcomfort.com/triple-swing-arm-wall-lamp-s2000/

    I got an electric shock from a light fixture that has a design flaw that results in the mains voltage being exposed in a place where you can easily touch it. The fixture is a swing-arm sconce, and I have two of them mounted on either side of my bed. The dimmer knob works by raising the voltage of the neutral lead that is connected to the outside of the light bulb. And the light bulb, when fully screwed into the socket, has the outside metal part of the bulb base still sticking up a bit above the socket. When the light is fully bright (no dimmer), the outside of the light bulb is at 0 V. As you dim the light to zero, the outside of the light goes up to 120 V. When reaching up to use the light, I inadvertently touched the outside metal of the bulb with my fingertip and got a nasty shock on my finger, and I felt the current come out of my foot, which was in contact with the floor. I took out my multimeter and found that the outside of the bulb was at 100 V at the time. I called out an electrician who determined that the fault is due to the design of the fixture itself. There is a little cardboard sleeve around the socket, but it does not stick up high enough to protect the metal outside of the light bulb. (Also, that would still be a terrible design choice.) The product is the Visual Comfort S-2000. https://www.visualcomfort.com/triple-swing-arm-wall-lamp-s2000/

    Model
    S-2000
    Bought from
    An interior designer purchased the product
    Bought
    Aug 16, 2016
    Where
    Birmingham, Alabama: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 44, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Visual Comfort, made or sold by Visual Comfort of America LLC
    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.

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.

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CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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