Cybex is recalling about 15,000 Cybex Smith Press plate-loaded weight-lifting equipment.
The weight bar can fall, posing serious injury hazards to the user.
The firm has received 27 reports of injuries, including serious injuries of paralysis and a spinal fracture.
This recall involves the Cybex Smith Press model 5340, manufactured and distributed from 1989 through 1993, and model 5341, manufactured and distributed from 1993 through 2009. The models have a weight bar seated between two parallel vertical tracks on latch pins. The weight bar can be moved up and down to perform upper body and lower body exercises.
The equipment is used mostly in fitness facilities. The weight bar was sold with the Smith Press, and the weights were sold separately. The model number is printed on the base of the frame of the Smith Press equipment.
The weight-lifting equipment was sold through Cybex direct sales representatives and fitness equipment dealers to fitness facilities and gymnasiums and online at www.cybexintl.com from 1989 through 2009. The cost was between $1,000 and $3,400.
Consumers should immediately stop using the weight-lifting equipment and contact Cybex for instructions on how to receive a free repair for model 5341 or a credit or refund of the current value for model 5340, the company, and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission advise.
For more information, call Cybex at 877-423-3253 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit www.cybexintl.com and click on “Support.”
