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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

API Product #34

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20111107-D7760-1213606

Ownership age

About 60 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Structural / mechanical failure

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20111107-D7760-1213606. Severity: Injury, Level of care not known. Matched catalog product: API Product #34. Source model text: GS3400SE. Incident: The consumer says the unit is designed with a chain that wraps around the back of the tree. The chain broke in two. The consumer says he has brusing on his left leg. He was hanging upside down by one leg when the chain snapped. He was able to raise himself up and get a hold of the stand and free his foot. The consumer tried to contact the manufacturer who had been bought out. The acquiring company would not give him any information about his product. The consumer says this same product is being sold in stores.

This is a consumer incident report published on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by people outside of CPSC. It is not automatically an official recall or manufacturer admission.
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Official report number: 20111107-D7760-1213606. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.