Peloton Recalled Treadmills

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The recent news first.
(1) Peloton recalled Tread+ AND Tread treadmills on May 5, 2021. The company will no longer sell either and offered full refund.

(2)
(a) News release: CPSC Warns Consumers: Stop Using the Peloton Tread+. US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Apr 17, 2021
https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Ne ... g-the-Peloton-Tread
("The US 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. * * * 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 * * * This video demonstrates the hazard to children posed by the Tread+. [Warning, video content may be disturbing to some viewers.]) (brackets and italic original).

This "video" link requires sign-in with YouTube.com, for a clip uploaded by CPSC also on Apr 17. Here is another (a exact copy of CPSC's, of the same duration: 53 seconds) that does not require sign-in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVi8CuaknSg

(b) Also, touch screen on either treadmill can detach and fall, posing a risk of injury.

Note:
(a) US Consumer Product Safety Commission
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U. ... t_Safety_Commission
(1972- ; headquarters  Bethesda, Maryland (near Washington DC; an independent agency of the United States government; The agency reports to Congress and the President; it is not part of any other department or agency in the federal government. The CPSC has five commissioners [one of whom is chairman], who are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate for staggered seven-year terms")

(b) peloton
(i) Peloton (exercise equipment company)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloton_(exercise_equipment_company)
(2012- ; legal name: Peloton Interactive, Inc; two of the five cofounders were Hisao KUSHI (of Japanese descent; JD from Boston College in 1992; current Chief Legal Officer of Peloton) and Yony Feng 冯勇尼 (who is also the current CTO and CIO of Peloton): based in Manhattan)
(ii) The English noun peloton )accent on the first syllable) is borrowed from French noun masculine of the same spelling. See peloton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloton

(c) There is another video clip showing the same hazard.

Warning Issued After Child Dies in Accident Involving Peloton Treadmill. YouTube.com, uploaded by WHAS11 on Mar 19, 2021,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-fRP3U-nFA

In the Web, there is NO video or photograph of a child dying from a Peloton treadmill.