Firm Fined for Failing to Act on Heater Defects
WASHINGTON — The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that BernzOmatic Co. has agreed to pay a $350,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it failed to report defects in some of its camping heaters.
The commission charged that BernzOmatic failed to report defects in its propane-fueled heaters that could create a substantial hazard until the safety agency investigated the deaths of two campers in 1986.
BernzOmatic denied the existence of a substantial hazard with its heaters, but it agreed to the settlement, the commission reported.
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