Product Recall Number: 16-108
Why was Bring Your Adventure Sports (BYA) Skyline Zipline Kits recalled?
A crimp in the zipline can fail allowing the cable to pull free or become slack while in use, posing a fall hazard to the user.
Product Recall Number: 16-108
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-02-18
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Bring Your Adventure Sports (BYA) Skyline Zipline Kits
Description: A crimp in the zipline can fail allowing the cable to pull free or become slack while in use, posing a fall hazard to the user.
Hazard Description: A crimp in the zipline can fail allowing the cable to pull free or become slack while in use, posing a fall hazard to the user.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 5,700 (in addition, 990 units were sold in Canada)
Incidents: CPSC and the firm have received nine reports of cable failure, including six reports of injuries. In three of the reported incidents, consumers sustained bruising and other unknown injuries from a fall. In the remaining three reported incidents, consumers reported head injuries.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled zipline kits and contact BYA Sports for a free replacement kit.
Sold At: REI and other sporting goods stores nationwide and online at promotive.com from August 2013 through July 2015 for between $100 and $130.
Importers: BYA Sports, of Louisville, Colo.
Manufacturers: BYA Sports, of Louisville, Colo.
Distributors: BYA Sports, of Louisville, Colo.
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed