# SpeeCo Recalls Fence Wire Stretchers Due to Laceration Hazard
> **CPSC recall** · 2016-08-11 · 16244 · 1 injuries reported
## Recall
- **Number:** 16244
- **Date:** 2016-08-11
- **Injuries reported:** 1
## Products

Fence wire stretchers

## Hazards

A recoiling wire can be released from the stretcher unexpectedly and strike bystanders, posing a laceration hazard.

## Remedies

Refund

## Retailer(s)

Ace and True Value hardware stores and other supply and farm ranch stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com from April 2015 through August 2016 from about $40.

## Importer(s)

SpeeCo Inc., of Golden, Colo.

## Country of manufacture

China

## Description

This recall involves SpeeCo's fence wire stretchers, with or without a ratchet control, used for gripping and tightening any type of wire. The black stretcher has a rubber grip on the lever handle. It measures about 12 inches high, 1 inch wide and 32 inches long. SpeeCo and model S16111500, S161115TSC or S16112000 is printed on a label on the product packaging.

## Source
- [CPSC recall page](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2016/SpeeCo-Recalls-Fence-Wire-Stretchers)
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