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P&M Worm Probes Are Electrocution Hazard Federal Safety Agency Says

Release Date: September 16, 1992

PRODUCT: ""WORM GETT'RS"" worm probes by P&M Enterprises. The probes are used to shock worms to the soil surface to be gathered for fishing.

PROBLEM: Worm probes pose an electrocution hazard to users and passers-by. Functionally identical worm probes have been involved in at least 28 deaths.

WHAT TO DO: CPSC urges consumers to stop using the worm probes immediately and destroy them.

Release Number
92-132

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