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Product Recall Number: 16-233

Why was Ice axes recalled?

The knife in the axe handle can detach, posing a laceration or impact hazard to the user or bystanders.

Ice axes
Here's product recall specific data for Ice axes.

  • Product Recall Number: 16-233

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2016-07-28

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Ice axes

  • Description: "The knife in the axe handle can detach, posing a laceration or impact hazard to the user or bystanders."

  • Hazard Description: The knife in the axe handle can detach, posing a laceration or impact hazard to the user or bystanders.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 20

  • Incidents: None reported

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled ice axe and contact STUBAI for instructions on receiving a free replacement axe.

  • Sold At: "Hansen Mountaineering, International Rocky Trade, Mount Hunt Supplies and online at www.campsaver.com and from June 2015 through June 2016 for about $200."

  • Importers: Liberty Mountain, of Sandy, Utah

  • Manufacturers: "STUBAI ZMV GmbH, of Austria"

  • Distributors: "Liberty Mountain, of Sandy, Utah"

  • Manufactured In: Austria

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed