Badland Winches hoists, lifts, jacks or jack stands
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Dec 15, 2015. A report isn’t a recall.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. CPSC’s own search is on saferproducts.gov.
At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Dec 15, 2015the latest report was made
- Dec 15, 2015the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Badland Winches
- Maker
- Harbor Freight ToolsMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Hoists, lifts, jacks or jack standsCPSC’s product type: Hoists, Lifts, Jacks or Jack Stands (code 814), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Tools & Hardware
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| December 2015 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment 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.
-
Emergency room Made Dec 15, 2015, sent to the company Dec 23, 2015, published by CPSC Jan 8, 2016
The product, in the report: ATV Winch
On September 5, 2015, I was out 4 wheeling with my wife. I needed to use the winch which was connected on the front of my 4 wheeler to assist in righting the 4 wheeler. I grabbed the hook with my right hand pointer and middle fingers. Because I could not reach the winch button located near the handlebars, I asked my wife to let out the slack on the wench. The switch is unmarked and unclear as to whether pressing it one way or the other will either release the hook/cable or will retract it towards the 4 wheeler. My wife pressed the switch which instead of releasing the hook/cable, caused it suddenly to retract towards the 4 wheeler. The winch is set up with 2 roller bars that appear to be barriers to prevent the hook on the end of the cable from going into the area where the winch cable is wound. When the winch retracted after my wife pressed the switch, the purported roller bar protections in place to prevent the end of the hook from going past the rollers failed. There was no safety switch associated with the cable near the hook, or the hook, to deactivate the winch. Also, the rollers failed to stop the line-end of the hook. The hook pulled through the winch’s rollers and barriers taking my 2 fingers along with it and instantly cut off the middle finger on my right hand. It happened so fast. My pointer finger was smashed and my middle finger was cut off. I was unable to remove my hand from between the rollers and reach the switch. To try and free my hand, my wife again pressed the unmarked switch which further pulled the hook through the rollers which ripped off the rest of my pointer finger and left it hanging by a tendon. There were 2 parts of my fingers on either side of the hook. I yanked and stretched the tendon on my pointer finger so I could reach the button myself and pushed the switch and pulled on the back of the hook to get my fingers out of the winch. My pointer finger was still connected by a tendon and my middle finder was missing. I found my middle finger, put it in my pocket, jumped onto my wife’s 4 wheeler, and met the EMS at the road. At a later date, I tried to loosen the hook from the winch with a hammer and the hook would not budge. It appears the rollers and protections in place to prevent such an injury from happening failed on the winch. The switch to engage the winch was not properly marked. There were no proper warnings to advise consumers such as myself regarding those defects.
- Model
- 3,000 lb. Model 68145
- Bought from
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Bought
- May 18, 2012
- Where
- Mars Hill, North Carolina: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 38, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Badland Winches, made or sold by Harbor Freight Tools
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment 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.
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.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.