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    Re: werner S2210

    Posted by Norman Gibbs on 9/07/11

    On 5/29/10, tvb wrote:
    > On 2/24/10, jamie russell 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 this model
    > 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 (S2210 and S2208). I count at least 8 different
    threads on counsel.net,
    > 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.
    >
    >>>
    >>
    >> I was hurt bad on a 8 ft werner ladder. I owned my own gutter
    >> company and was putting up fascia on a house. when I was
    >> standing on the 3rd wrung down from the top of the ladder taking
    >> measurements when all at once no warnings the right leg just
    >> split from the bottom up to the first wrung and folded over this
    >> ladder was a 300 lb rated and i only weighed 200. It threw me of
    >> backward on to my back and arm causing compound fractures of my
    >> arm and severe back problems. I was in critical condition for
    >> three days. I have had 4 surgeries on my hand and still have two
    >> more to have done but cant get them done because I have no
    >> insurance. I have lost my business,my old car collection trying
    >> to save my house and now they just foreclosed on it I have lost
    >> everything I have worked my but off for and now have nothing and
    >> dont know what to do. this isnt the first ladder that I have had
    >> from them do this I have four ladders of theirs that have either
    >> broke the leg or the rivet supports have broke through or pulled
    >> through like the fiberglass failed. my question is what do we
    >> do? I hired a lawer and he finally came back and said after
    >> almost two years that its a case he cant win now I dont know
    >> what to do but I feal like they should be held reliable

    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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