About 780,000 pressure washers sold at major home improvement retailers nationwide are being recalled after users reported dozens of explosions, according to regulators.

TTI Outdoor Power Equipment’s Ryobi Electric Pressure Washer’s capacitor can overheat and eventually burst, "causing parts to be forcefully ejected, posing a risk of serious injury from impact to the user or bystanders," according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

About 764,000 were sold in the U.S. with about 16,000 sold in Canada.

The company has already received 135 reports of capacitors overheating. Of them, there were 41 reported explosions, resulting in 32 injuries, including fractures to the fingers, hands, face, and eyes, according to the CPSC.

Consumers are instructed to immediately stop using

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