WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- Atlanta-based Acuity Brands Inc. agreed Thursday to pay a $700,000 civil penalty to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The penalty, which has been provisionally accepted by the commission, settles allegations that the company failed to report to CPSC in a timely manner about defects and hazards in more than 1.4 million of its Lithonia Lighting products.
CPSC has alleged that from June 2002 through September 2004, Acuity learned of 15 sites at which 510 lights were reported as failing, more than 286 cracking reflectors, 19 falling reflectors and at least 202 cords that dripped fluid but had not yet caused reflectors to crack.
"During this period, Acuity unilaterally arranged to replace over 2,000 of these lights," the CPSC said Thursday.
Acuity does not admit CPSC's allegations and denies that it violated any law.
