DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 
 

Black & Decker Corp. (BDK) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission reannounced Tuesday a 2007 recall of an electric model of trimmers and edgers after the product was found to have caused additional injuries since the initial recall.

By July 2007, the company had received more than 700 reports of incidents with the Black & Decker GH1000 Grasshog XP String Trimmers/Edgers, including 58 reports of injuries. The company has since received more than 100 additional injury reports, with 10 people requiring medical attention. Property damage was also reported, including broken windows.

The product's problem was that its spool, spool cap and pieces of trimmer string could come loose during use and become airborne projectiles. Overheating problems were also disclosed.

About 200,000 of the units, made in 2005 and 2006, were sold. A free repair kit is available.

For information, consumers are asked to call 1-888-742-9158 or visit the company's Web site.

-By Kevin Kingsbury, Dow Jones Newswires