Magnum II/Badger Fitness weight lifting
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jul 8, 2014. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Jul 8, 2014the latest report was made
- Jul 8, 2014the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Magnum II/Badger Fitness
- Maker
- Johnson Health Tech of North AmericaMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Weight liftingThe activity, its clothing or equipmentCPSC’s product type: Weight Lifting (Activity, Apparel or Equipment) (code 3265), in Sports and Recreation: Track, Field & Exercise
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| July 2014 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Jul 8, 2014, sent to the company Jul 25, 2014, published by CPSC Aug 8, 2014
The product, in the report: 10 degree Smith MAchine
Matrix Fitness acquired Badger Fitness & earlier this year Matrix called me, asking what serial # did I have for the 10 degree Smith Machine. Upon providing them the serial #, Matrix sent 2 black spacer metal bars, instructing us to put them on the guide rods, at the bottom of each vertical guide rod. We did & while on vacation, week of June 9th or June 16th, 2014, a user doing a decline bench press experienced the lifting bar becoming unbalanced. When I returned, I put both machines out of order & brought the situation to the attention of Matrix. The Smith Machine has safety stops which latch onto safety pegs, located throughout the inner part of the frame on both sides. These safety stops are used by users to help the user restrict the range of motion, depending on the exercise they are doing. With the addition of the black spacer bars, the lowest safety pegs cannot be used & in this case when the user needed the lowest range of motion for a decline, the safety stops rested on top of the black spacer bar & the added weight hit one of the unlatched safety stops causing an unbalanced bar. I brought this to the attention of Matrix & was told to have the users use the safety stop, located above the black spacer bar. I asked them for instructions for this & was told that this would be outside the range of support. They would not provide safety instructions. I have 2 calls into supervisors, [REDACTED], spelled wrong. 800-818-6479, as of yet, not heard from either. I have voice mail and have sent email to editor of Athletic Business, [REDACTED]. Knowing that there is mechanical problem since Matrix added this black spacer bar, Club USA has theses 2 machines out of order & are waiting dialog with Matrix or information from this report.
- Serial number
- 25157 & 25158
- Bought from
- KOS Fitness
- Where
- Littleton, Colorado: Place of Recreation or Sports
- Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Client, Patient, Student, Etc. (professional relationship)
- As this report names them
- Brand Magnum II/
Badger Fitness, made or sold by Johnson Health Tech of North America - How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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