Titan Weight Lifting Safety Straps recall: Injury Hazard (Recall Alert)
Titan Recalls Weight Lifting Safety Straps Due to Injury Hazard (Recall Alert)
Why was Titan Weight Lifting Safety Straps recalled?
The stitching in the strap can come loose causing heavy weights to fall on consumers, posing an injury hazard to the weight lifter.
What should I do if I have this product?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled straps and contact Titan for a full refund or free replacement straps. Titan is contacting all known purchasers directly. Contact: Titan at 800-605-8241 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email [email protected] or online at www.titan.fitness and click on “Product Recall” for more information.
What to do with a recalled product: refunds, receipts, safe disposal and how to report a problem.
Is my product affected?
Compare the item in your hand with every identifier below from the official CPSC record. Only products that match the listed product and identifiers are part of this recall.
- Product
- Titan safety straps
- Company
- Titan Manufacturing and Distributing Inc., of Collierville, Tenn.
- Quantity
- About 970
- Sold at
- Online only at Amazon.com, eBay.com, Sears.com, Walmart.com and www.Titan.fitness from August 2017 through March 2018 for between $75 and $100.
- Recall date
- September 20, 2018
- Incidents / injuries
- The firm has received one report of a strap breaking when subjected to moderate weight. The firm is aware of three other reports of strap failures. No injuries have been reported.
- Agency
- CPSC
Product description
This recall involves Titan weight lifting safety straps with steel mount brackets to hold the weights. The straps are used to catch the weights if a user were to drop them during an exercise. The recall includes straps with model numbers 24T3STRAP, 26T2STRAP, 30X3STRAP, 36T3STRAP, X2STRAP24, 24X3STRAP, 36X3STRAP. The Titan logo and model numbers are contained on the product's packaging. The safety straps were sold in packages of two.