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Cobra tools drain snakes

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Nov 8, 2025. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Nov 8, 2025the latest report was made
  • Nov 8, 2025the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Cobra tools
Maker
Homewerks Worldwide LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Drain snakesCPSC’s product type: Drain Snakes (code 880), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Tools & Hardware

By month

1 report from December 2024 to November 2025; the most in November 2025, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
November 20251

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 Nov 8, 2025, sent to the company Nov 19, 2025, published by CPSC Dec 4, 2025

    The product, in the report: Drain snake powered by dedicated power drill. 75 ft wire cable with a 3 in cutter head.

    Using product to clear drain. Cutter cable kept twisting and tangling into tight twists. Did with two people attempting to control cable. Finally got twists on twists. Caught pants, gloves, electrical cords, and control line in twists. Once a glove was pulled off hand. A clear danger for finger hand injury.

    Model
    BC2040C
    Bought from
    Lowes
    Bought
    Apr 14, 2025
    Where
    Spokane, Washington: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 76, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Cobra tools, made or sold by Homewerks Worldwide LLC
    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 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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