Product Recall Number: 17-234
Why was Fitness Gear resistance tubes recalled?
The resistance tubes can break while in use and strike the user, posing an injury hazard.
Product Recall Number: 17-234
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2017-09-27
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Fitness Gear resistance tubes
Description: This recall involves Fitness Gear resistance tubes used as upper and lower body workout equipment. The latex tubes were sold in blue, gray, green, orange, purple and red with grey handles. The tubes range in resistance from 5 pounds to 30 pounds and were sold individually and in kits of three, four or five resistance tubes. The resistance level is marked on the black strap between the handle and the tube. The recalled model numbers are: STA00560, STA00561, STA00562, STA00563, STA00564, STA00565, STA00566, STA00567, and STA00568.
Hazard Description: The resistance tubes can break while in use and strike the user, posing an injury hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 207,500
Incidents: The firm has received 12 reports of tubes breaking, resulting in two reports of consumers who were struck by a broken tube and a consumer who fell when a tube broke.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled products and return them to the nearest DICK’s Sporting Goods store. Consumers with a receipt will receive a full refund and consumers without a receipt will receive a store credit.
Sold At: DICK’S Sporting Goods stores nationwide and online at DicksSportingGoods.com from September 2015 through August 2017 for between $15 and $80.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: DICK’S Sporting Goods, of Coraopolis, Pa.
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed