DOE/EH-0172 --- Issue No. 91-01 --- 02/91

Update on Electric Fan Safety Alert
from the General Services Administration

DISCUSSION

Safety Note DOE/EH-0160; Issue No. 90-5; September 1990; was issued to alert DOE facilities of an occupational safety hazard caused by a design deficiency in 16-inch oscillating table-top fans. The fans; manufactured by Lasko Metal Products; Inc.; of Fort Worth; Texas; may cause sparking and electrical shock. Following is information just received from the Government Services Administration (GSA) regarding the fans.

ACTION NEEDED

The defect in the Lasko fans can be corrected by replacing the existing metal base plate with one of new design. In order to receive the necessary material and instructions to make this correction; which takes only a few minutes; a Standard Form 368 must be completed by your property management office. GSA's Safety Alert No. FQA-1/90 must be cited and the following information must be provided.

  1. AGENCY NAME AND ADDRESS

  2. ADDRESS FOR LOCATION OF FANS

  3. ADDRESS TO SHIP REPLACEMENTS; IF DIFFERENT FROM LOCATION OF FAN

  4. NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER (NSN) 4140-00-851-9319

  5. QUANTITY

  6. DATE FAN(S) RECEIVED

  7. MANUFACTURE DATE (MONTH AND YEAR SHOWN ON THE UNDERWRITERS LABORATORY (UL) LABEL); EXAMPLE: 7/88

  8. CONTRACT NUMBER (SHOWN ON THE SAME LABEL); EXAMPLE: GS-OOF-94123

  9. AGENCY REQUISITION NUMBER (IF AVAILABLE)

  10. NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF A PERSON TO CONTACT

Send the completed Standard Form 368 to the following address by May 15; 1991. 

GSA; DISCREPANCY REPORTS CENTER (6FR)

1500 E. BANNISTER ROAD

KANSAS CITY; MISSOURI 64131

If you have any questions regarding this information; contact Mr. George Camacho; telephone numbers FTS 926-7447; Commercial 816-926-7447.

This Safety Note is one in a series of publications issued by EH to share occupational safety and health information throughout the DOE complex. For more information; contact Eleanor Crampton; Performance Assessment Division; Office of Environment; Safety and Health; U.S. Department of Energy; Washington; DC 20545; telephone (301)903-3732.

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