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    Re: werner S2210

    Posted by jack r. on 7/11/10

    On 5/29/10, tvb wrote:
    > On 2/12/10, Barry wrote:
    >> On 11/30/09, tvb wrote:
    >>> On 11/24/09, bob wrote:
    >>>> Just happened to me last week same problem same ladder
    >>>> only about three years old
    >>>
    >>> Sorry about your ladder accident. PLEASE call the consumer
    >> protection hot line at
    >>> 1-800-638-2772 and report this
    >>> problems so there may be a recall. Many others have had the
    >> same problem and it
    >>> is just a matter of time before someone is seriously injured
    >> if flawed ladders are
    >>> not taken off of the market. The only way for that to happen
    >> is for people like you
    >>> to report the problem. I know it is a bit of a hassle, but
    >> please do so for the safety
    >>> of
    >>> others. Thank you in
    >>> advance.
    >>
    >> I was seriously injured due to a Werner ladder failure. I was
    >> using a 10 ft Werner
    >> fiberglass ladder and one of the legs broke inward and I fell
    >> to
    >> a concrete floor and suffered a severe closed head trauma and
    >> broke both arms above the wrist. I now have titanium plates in
    >> both arms, suffer from cataplexy, narcolopsy, sleep apnea,
    >> dizziness, slurred speech, headaches, memory loss, and numerous
    >> problems. I was in trauma intensive care for 7 days and have
    >> had
    >> multiple surgeries and still cannot use my right hand. I was
    >> out
    >> of work for 3 months following the fall and lost my job due to
    >> the absence. The fiberglass rails on my ladder splintered due
    >> to
    >> UV disintegration of the fiberglass. This was a known defect in
    >> the Werner ladders and they are still selling these ladders. I
    >> owned my ladder for 10 years and stored it underneath the eaves
    >> of my house, out of the sun. The ladder literally shot across
    >> the
    >> room and I fell 12 feet. I weigh 230 lbs. and the ladder was
    >> rated for 300 lbs. I was not above the recommended step on the
    >> ladder. My complaint is that Werner and Lowes have not
    >> nationally
    >> and publically announced this danger because it would probably
    >> hurt their sales.
    >
    > WARNING: There have been numerous reported incidences of the
    hinges on these
    > S2208 and S2210 models breaking, with little use, resulting in
    serious injury to the
    > user. Just do a google search with the search words: Werner
    s2210 broke.
    >
    > There are many other threads on counsel.net with reported
    problems about these
    > S2200 series ladders (S2208 and S2210). I count at least 8
    different threads,
    > including:
    >
    > Werner S2210 Capacity hinge shear, Werner s2210, Werner S2210,
    Werner pull down
    > attic ladder, Werner Ladder, Werner S2210 Attic Ladder, Werner
    Attic Ladder S2208
    > Junk, and Werner Attic Ladder S2200 series.
    >
    > I count at least 50 reports from those eight different threads.
    Please review them all
    > for a more comprehensive view of the extent of this problem.
    Also, please post your
    > complaint on the s2210 (small “s” not capital) thread which
    seems to have the most
    > reports.
    >
    > If you've had problems with this model, please call the consumer
    protection hot line
    > at 1-800-638-2772 and report these problems so there may be a
    recall. If you
    > have already done so, follow-up with a letter to ask why nothing
    has been done with
    > respect to a recall.
    >
    > As you can see, many others have had the same problem and it is
    just a matter of
    > time before someone is seriously injured if flawed ladders are
    not taken off of the
    > market. The only way for that to happen is for people like you
    to report the problem.
    > I know it is a bit of a hassle, but please do so for the safety
    of others. Thank you in
    > advance.
    >

    Posts on this thread, including this one
  • werner S2210, 11/24/09, by bob.
  • Re: werner S2210, 11/30/09, by tvb.
  • Re: werner S2210, 2/12/10, by Barry.
  • Re: werner S2210, 2/24/10, by jamie russell.
  • Re: werner S2210, 5/29/10, by tvb.
  • Re: werner S2210, 5/29/10, by tvb.
  • Re: werner S2210, 7/11/10, by jack r..
  • Re: werner S2210, 8/03/10, by tvb.
  • Re: werner S2210, 9/07/11, by Norman Gibbs.
  • Re: werner S2210, 9/07/11, by Norman Gibbs.
  • Re: werner S2210, 4/24/12, by GK.


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