DICK’S Sporting Goods is recalling about 207,500 fitness gear resistance tubes.
The resistance tubes can break when used and hit the user, posing an injury hazard.
The firm has received 12 reports of tubes breaking, resulting in two reports of consumers who were hit by a broken tube and a consumer who fell when a tube broke.
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.
The resistance tubes were sold at DICK’S Sporting Goods stores nationwide and online at DicksSportingGoods.com from September 2015 through August 2017. The cost was between $15 and $80.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled products and return them to the nearest DICK’s Sporting Goods store, the company and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission advise. Consumers with a receipt will receive a full refund and consumers without a receipt will receive a store credit.
For more information, call DICK’S Sporting Goods at 877-846-9997 from 8 a.m. to midnight ET Monday through Friday, or visit www.DicksSportingGoods.com and click on “Recalls” at the bottom of the page.
For details on other recalls, see www.recalls.gov.
