How dangerous is your washing machine?

First Samsung's phones started blowing up. Now its washing machines are doing the same. But they aren't the only deadly home-appliances out there "

First it was Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 smartphones catching fire and exploding, now it is the company's washing machines blowing up. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled 2.8m Samsung washing machines after the South Korean manufacturer received 733 reports of "excessive vibration or the top detaching from the washing machine chassis". On Good Morning America, Elliot Kaye, the chairman of the CPSC, described "a very serious hazard of the top of these washing machines completely blowing off".

Nine injuries have been reported, including a broken jaw, an injured shoulder, and other fall-related injuries. One woman reported a washer top flying off and hitting her in the back, causing her to "collide into a cabinet". All of which conjures up a domestic nightmare of marauding washing machines blowing their lids and attacking their owners.