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湯沸かし器事故で回収命令
経済産業省は8月28日、ガス瞬間湯沸かし器による一酸化炭素中毒事故が起きたパロマ工業に対し、製品の緊急回収命令を出した。
Emergency recall order issued for Paloma
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) issued an emergency order Aug. 28 for Paloma Industries to recall its defective gas water heaters.
This is in connection with 21 deaths between 1985 and 2005 from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Paloma has already been voluntarily recalling seven types of heaters in connection with the carbon monoxide poisonings.
The order, based on a law for the safety of daily-use products, makes the recall mandatory. Officials said it will speed up the recall of the defective heaters.
It is the second time METI has issued such an order. Last November, it ordered Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. to recall kerosene heaters, also following fatal carbon monoxide poisonings.
Paloma began recalling and replacing the seven types in July with new models for free.
Paloma officials said it had recalled 7,734 units as of Aug. 27, after having checked 17,851 units.
The company hopes to complete the replacement by the end of November
About 260,000 of the units have been sold since 1980, and up to 18,000 are believed to have been used in July, when the ministry announced the poisonings.
The other units were replaced or discarded, according to METI. (Kyodo)
- Emergency recall order
- 緊急回収命令
- issued
- 出される
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- 経済産業省
- defective
- 欠陥のある
- gas water heaters
- ガス瞬間湯沸かし器
- is in connection with 〜
- 〜に関連する
- carbon monoxide poisoning
- 一酸化炭素中毒
- voluntarily
- 自主的に
- based on 〜
- 〜に基づいて
- law for the safety of daily-use products
- 消費生活用製品安全法
- mandatory
- 義務の
- kerosene heaters
- 石油ヒーター
- fatal
- 死者の出た
- replacing 〜
- 〜を取り替える
- as of 〜
- 〜の時点で
- up to〜
- 〜まで
- (were)discarded
- 廃棄された