The resistance tubes can break while in use and strike the user
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DICKS Sporting Goods, of Coraopolis, Pa., is recalling about 207,500 Fitness Gear resistance tubes.
The resistance tubes can break while in use and strike the user, posing an injury hazard.
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.
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 tubes, manufactured in China, were sold exclusively at DICKS Sporting Goods stores nationwide and online at DicksSportingGoods.com from September 2015, through August 2017, for between $15 and $80.
What to do
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled products and return them to the nearest DICKs Sporting Goods store. Consumers with a receipt will receive a full refund and consumers without a receipt will receive a store credit.
Consumers may contact DICKS Sporting Goods toll-free at 877-846-9997 from 8 a.m. to midnight (ET) Monday through Friday, or online at www.DicksSportingGoods.com and click on Recalls at the bottom of the page for more information.