Product Recall Number: 11245
Why was Ab Straps exercise equipment recalled?
The plastic buckle on the ab straps can break, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
Product Recall Number: 11245
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2011-06-13
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Ab Straps exercise equipment
Description: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Hazard Description: The plastic buckle on the ab straps can break, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 4,169
Incidents: There were two reported incidents of straps breaking. Both incidents resulted in lacerations to consumers' heads and necks.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the product and contact Harbinger for a free replacement.
Sold At: Online at Bodybuilding.com and Amazon.com, and at Second Wind Fitness, Play It Again Sports, Advantis Nutrition, and other general sporting goods and fitness specialty stores nationwide from August 2006 to April 2011 for about $20.
Importers: Harbinger Fitness, of Fairfield, Calif.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed