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Exercise Equipment:
Risk of Finger & Limb Injuries |
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| The U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that each year
about 8,700 children under 5 years of age and 16,500
children ages 5 to 14 are injured by exercise equipment.
Types of equipment identified in these cases include
stationary bicycles, treadmills, and stair climbers. |
| According to the CPSC,
the hazards posed by exercise equipment are
usually not obvious. Injuries often occur when
children put their fingers near the moving
parts of the equipment, which can lead to lacerations,
crushing or even amputation of fingertips.
Adults are also at risk of finger injuries
in some cases. |
- In November 2004, CPSC announced voluntary
repair recalls of the Ab Lounge, Ab Lounge
2 and Ab Lounge Ultimate exercise devices,
distributed by Fitness Quest, Inc. When
folding or un-folding these machines, consumers
catch their fingers in the hinges, which
can result in lacerations, crushing or
amputation of fingertips. At the time of
recall, Fitness Quest had received 15 reports
of such injuries.
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- In November 1992 Weider Sporting Goods, Inc.,
implemented a repair program for certain E-130
Series Exercise Benches. The moving part of
the leg extension bar reportedly posed a risk
of entrapping consumers’ fingers, and
had resulted in serious lacerations and partially
amputated fingers. At the time of the repair
program, at least 36 such injuries had been
reported.
- In May 1991, CPSC issued a warning of the
danger of finger amputation associated with
the Merchant’s Corporation of America
model ST-81 exercise bikes without chain guards.
At the time the warning was issued, the exercise
cycles had been involved in at least six finger
crushing injuries and amputations to small
children caused by contact with wheels, gears
and pedal sprockets.
- In September 1989, CPSC issued a warning
about the 718E and 714 models of the Low Impact
Climber, manufactured by Precor, Inc, because
of a possible amputation hazard to children’s
fingers. According to CPSC, the red pulley
cord and black roller in the center section
of the device creates a pinch point and has
no finger guard. At the time of the warning,
Precor and CPSC were aware of three incidents
of finger amputation or lacerations caused
by the device.
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| The law in most states provides individuals with legal
claims and the right to compensation for injuries they suffer as a result
of a defective product or the negligence of another. The injured person
may file a lawsuit seeking compensation for his or her pain and suffering,
medical expenses, lost past and future wages and punitive damages. |
| If you have
have been injured by a defective exercise machine,
please click
here to contact an experienced personal injury
attorney at the national law firm of Lieff Cabraser
Heimann & Bernstein, LLP. |
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LLP is an over fifty attorney
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lawyers. Each client is assigned an individual lawyer. In addition, we have
on staff multiple nurses, legal assistants, scientific analysts and case
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