"We're going to do what we can to take care of them and bring them through this tragedy," says Paul Mullet, Excel Industries President and CEO. An employee hotline has been established.
Excel Industries has seen an increase in production volume for its current fiscal year. In Excel's 8th month of fiscal year 2014, production volume on a unit basis reached a level that was equal to the entire previous fiscal year.
The seat switch on roughly 3,700 BigDog and Hustler riding mowers manufactured by Kansas-based Excel Industries can fail to detect that the rider has left the seat, allowing the mower to continue to operate, posing a risk of injury.
Hustler dealers are now facing the big box threat. Excel Industries, the manufacturer of Hustler mowers, recently told dealers they will now offer the Raptor and Raptor SD for online sales at participating Home Depot and Lowes stores, with the Raptor 60 SD in stores.
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