CPSC Recall in 2011: Dick's Sporting Goods Recalls Fitness Resistance Tubes Due to Contusion and Laceration Hazards

Updated on March 25, 2026.

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Data Source: CPSC.

Recall Number: 11-148

Date: February 28, 2011

Product Name: Resistance Tubes and Resistance Tube Kits

Recall Description:

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Hazard Description:

The plastic clip that attaches the resistance tube to the handle can break during use causing the tubing, handle or fragments of the plastic clip to strike the user. This poses a contusion and laceration hazard.

Consumer Action:

Remedy Type:

Refund

Units: About 229,000

Incidents:

Dick's Sporting Goods has received four reports of contusions, abrasions and lacerations.

Sold At:

Dick's Sporting Goods stores and online at www.dickssportinggoods.com from October 2009 through November 2010 for between $15 and $60.

Manufactured In:

China