May 5, 2021 Update: Peloton Recalls Treadmills After Injuries and a Child’s Death
Sauder Schelkopf is investigating potential claims on behalf of consumers who purchased the Peloton Tread+. On April 17, 2021, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warned consumers to stop using the Peloton Tread+.
The CPSC stated in part:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers about the danger of popular Peloton Tread+ exercise machine after multiple incidents of small children and a pet being injured beneath the machines. The Commission has found that the public health and safety requires this notice to warn the public quickly of the hazard.
The urgent warning comes less than a month after Peloton itself released news of a child’s death by a Peloton Tread+ and CPSC’s announcement of an investigation into that incident.
The agency is continuing to investigate all known incidents of injury or death related to the Peloton Tread+.
To date, CPSC is aware of 39 incidents including one death. CPSC staff believes the Peloton Tread+ poses serious risks to children for abrasions, fractures, and death. In light of multiple reports of children becoming entrapped, pinned, and pulled under the rear roller of the product, CPSC urges consumers with children at home to stop using the product immediately. This video demonstrates the hazard to children posed by the Tread+. [Warning, video content may be disturbing to some viewers.]It is believed that at least one incident occurred while a parent was running on the treadmill, suggesting that the hazard cannot be avoided simply by locking the device when not in use. Reports of a pet and objects being sucked beneath the Tread+ also suggest possible harm to the user if the user loses balance as a result.
In a statement, Peloton refuted the CPSC claims calling them “inaccurate and misleading.”
A Follow-up Note from Peloton CEO John Foley about Safety and the Peloton Tread+
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