Blue Hawk welding equipment
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jul 21, 2014. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Jul 21, 2014the latest report was made
- Jul 21, 2014the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Blue Hawk
- Maker
- L G Sourcing, Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Welding equipmentCPSC’s product type: Welding Equipment (code 896), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Tools & Hardware
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| July 2014 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- First aid 1 CPSC: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
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.
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First aid Made Jul 21, 2014, sent to the company Jul 29, 2014, published by CPSC Aug 12, 2014
The product, in the report: Welding goggles. These are used while brazing with a torch to protect one’s eyes. This particular pair of goggles has two panes of glass - one clear pane, which is fixed, and a second shaded pane that is in a plastic frame, which allows it to be tilted up so that work can be viewed through just the clear pane. When in the down position the wearer’s eyes are protected by both the clear pane and the shaded pane.
Welding goggles that I purchased failed, causing me to burn myself.
I was using a new pair of welding goggles that I purchased just the day before to do some brazing of copper tubing in my basement.
I had almost completed my braze, when I lifted up the shaded glass on the goggles (it’s hinged) to inspect my braze, when suddenly the shaded glass fell from the goggles. I was holding the lit torch in my right hand, and I operated the goggles with my left hand. When the glass fell, I instinctively reached for it, causing the lit torch, with a large, multi-flame tip attachment, to come into direct contact with the back of my arm, causing a severe burn. I almost dropped the lit torch.
I shut off the torch, removed the goggles, and then got a wet cloth on my burned arm. I inspected the goggles and noticed that they appear to have a manufacturing defect which caused this problem to happen.
The frame that holds the shaded glass into the goggles is designed to allow the glass to be removed and replaced (possibly for different levels of shading?). The glass is retained by a piece of springy wire that is supposed to hook into holes on the left and right at the top of the frame. The hole on one side of that frame was defective. Instead of a hole through the plastic, the back-side was missing, so it was just a dent. As long as the shaded glass frame was down, it held the wire in place, but as soon as it was raised, the wire would spring out, thereby allowing the shaded glass to fall out.
Here is a link to the product at Lowe’s: http://www.lowes.com/pd_13867-47120-SGY-WELD14_0__?productId=50017000&Ntt=blue+hawk+welding&pl=1¤tURL=%3FNtt%3Dblue%2Bhawk%2Bwelding&facetInfo= Product name: “Blue Hawk Black Welding Safety Glasses” Item #: 13867 Product #: SGY-WELD14
- Model
- Item #: 13867 Model #: SGY-WELD14
- UPC
- 7968600410
- Serial number
- n/
a - Bought from
- Lowe’s
- Bought
- Jul 18, 2014
- Where
- Saint Louis, Missouri: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 53, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Blue Hawk, made or sold by L G Sourcing, Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
CPSC’s disclaimer
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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.
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