Re: werner S2210

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on 9/7/11 neg wrote My werner attic ladder which is 5 years old
broke at the hinge. The ladder is rated 300 lbs and I weight 194 and
the ladder was used about 10 times per year. Bad product S2210 10
foot







n 5/29/10, tvb wrot
>>> 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