Dick's Sporting Goods Recalls Fitness Resistance Tubes Due to Contusion and Laceration Hazards
USDick's Sporting Goods Recalls Fitness Resistance Tubes Due to Contusion and Laceration Hazards
Recalling Firm: Dalps & Leisure Products Supply Corp., Taipei, Taiwan
Reason for Recall / Hazard
The plastic clip that attaches the resistance tube to the handle can break during use causing the tubing, handle or fragments of the plastic clip to strike the user. This poses a contusion and laceration hazard.
Product Description & Identification
This recall involves Fitness Gear and Fitness After 40 branded resistance tubes and adjustable resistance tube kits. The resistance tubes are yellow, blue, red, orange, gray or black and are attached to handles with a plastic clip. "Fitness Gear" is printed in red on the handles of the Fitness Gear-branded products. The Fitness After 40-branded resistance tubes have blue handles with thin green and red stripes. The recalled model numbers are: FAF00004, STA00017, STA00018, STA00019, STA00020, STA00021, STA00022, STA00023, STA00063, STA00064, STA00066. The model number can be found on the bottom of the package.
Affected Products
Resistance Tubes and Resistance Tube Kits
Additional Source Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2011/Dicks-Sporting-Goods-Recalls-Fitness-Resistance-Tubes-Due-to-Contusion-and-Laceration |
| Title | Dick's Sporting Goods Recalls Fitness Resistance Tubes Due to Contusion and Laceration Hazards |
| Images › 1 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Recall.2011.11148.11148a.jpg |
| Images › 2 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Recall.2011.11148.11148b.jpg |
| Images › 3 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Recall.2011.11148.11148c.jpg |
| Images › 4 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Recall.2011.11148.11148d.jpg |
| Hazards › Name | The plastic clip that attaches the resistance tube to the handle can break during use causing the tubing, handle or fragments of the plastic clip to strike the user. This poses a contusion and laceration hazard. |
| Injuries › Name | Dick's Sporting Goods has received four reports of contusions, abrasions and lacerations. |
| Products › Name | Resistance Tubes and Resistance Tube Kits |
| Products › Type | Exercise Equipment |
| Products › Category I D | 68360 |
| Products › Number Of Units | About 229,000 |
| Recall I D | 612 |
| Remedies › Name | Consumers should stop using the resistance tubes immediately and return the product to Dick's Sporting Goods for a store credit for the amount equal to the purchase price. |
| Importers › Name | Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., Coraopolis, Pa. |
| Retailers › Name | Dick's Sporting Goods stores and online at www.dickssportinggoods.com from October 2009 through November 2010 for between $15 and $60. |
| Recall Date | 2011-03-01T00:00:00 |
| Description | This recall involves Fitness Gear and Fitness After 40 branded resistance tubes and adjustable resistance tube kits. The resistance tubes are yellow, blue, red, orange, gray or black and are attached to handles with a plastic clip. "Fitness Gear" is printed in red on the handles of the Fitness Gear-branded products. The Fitness After 40-branded resistance tubes have blue handles with thin green and red stripes. The recalled model numbers are: FAF00004, STA00017, STA00018, STA00019, STA00020, STA00021, STA00022, STA00023, STA00063, STA00064, STA00066. The model number can be found on the bottom of the package. |
| Recall Number | 11148 |
| Manufacturers › Name | Dalps & Leisure Products Supply Corp., Taipei, Taiwan |
| Remedy Options › Option | Refund |
| Consumer Contact | For additional information, contact Dick's Sporting Goods toll-free at (866) 677-4771 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, e-mail Customer.Service@dcsg.com or visit the company's website at www.dickssportinggoods.com |
| Last Publish Date | 2016-07-05T00:00:00 |
| Manufacturer Countries › Country | China |
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