December 19, 2001
Release # 02-070
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Game Tracker Recall Hotline: (800) 241-4833
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Scott Wolfson, (301) 504-7051
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CPSC, Game Tracker Announce Recall of Climbing Sticks and Tree Steps
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Com mission (CPSC), Game Tracker Inc., of Flushing, Mich., is voluntarily
recalling 25,000 climbing sticks and tree steps. The buckles on the
climbing sticks and tree steps can fail, posing a risk of serious injury
to hunters.
Game Tracker and CPSC have received 16 reports of buckles failing,
including one hunter who suffered a partial finger amputation and five
others who suffered cuts, sprains, and bruises.
The recalled Gorilla Ultralite Climbing Sticks, model number 3163,
have the serial numbers 040501, 050501, and 060801, printed on the main
brace of the stick. The climbing sticks come in three to a package, are
gray in color, have black swivel fold down foot pegs, and a black strap
and buckle system. The recalled Strap-on Tree Steps, model numbers
3152 and 3153, have serial number 2899 stamped on the side of the metal
step. The tree steps have a black strap, with a metal J hook, black
buckle, and a metal step.
Hunting supply stores and catalogs nationwide sold these climbing
sticks and tree steps from February 1999 through September 2001 for
between $7 and $100
Consumers should stop using these climbing sticks and tree steps
immediately. Consumers should return the product to the company, by
writing to: The Game Tracker Inc., Attn: Product Safety Coordinator, PO
Box 380, 3475 Eastman Dr., Flushing, MI 48433. Game Tracker will
provide a free repair of the climbing sticks and a free replacement for
the tree steps. For more information, consumers can call the company at
(800) 241-4833 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or log
on to the company's website at www.thegametracker.com.
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