CPSC2015-10-20
Global Manufacturing Company Recalls API Outdoors Tree Stands Due to Fall Hazard
Global Manufacturing Company, of Windom, Minn.
Hazard
The cable assembly on the climbing tree stand can release, posing a fall hazard to the user.
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled tree stands and return them for free replacement cables.
Sold at
Menards and Rogers Sporting Goods stores nationwide and online from June 2014 through June 2015 for between $140 and $180.
Affected count
About 5,300
Injuries reported
Global Manufacturing Company has received one report of the cable assembly releasing; which resulted in a broken vertebra, fractured rib and sprained shoulder.
Manufactured in
China
Remedy type
Replace
Products
Climbing tree stands
Consumer contact
Global Manufacturing Company at 888-393-9611from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or online at www.apioutdoors.com and click on Recall Notice for more information. Consumers can also write to the firm at Global Manufacturing Company/API Outdoors, P.O. Box 24, Windom, MN 56101.
Official notice
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2016/Global-Manufacturing-Company-Recalls-API-Outdoors-Tree-StandsDon't want to check this manually?
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