Apex exercise equipment
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Apr 3, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Apr 3, 2018the latest report was made
- Apr 3, 2018the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Apex
- Maker
- IMPEX, IncMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Exercise equipmentCPSC’s product type: Exercise Equipment (code 3277), in Sports and Recreation: Track, Field & Exercise
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| April 2018 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
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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Emergency room Made Apr 3, 2018, sent to the company Apr 11, 2018, published by CPSC Apr 25, 2018
The product, in the report: Apex inversioin chair used to hang upside down and decompress the spine
am a Canadian citizen and purchased an Apex inversion chair in Canada that was distributed by an American company called Impex fitness. I had an incident with the chair when it unsuspectedly rolled over backwards and pinned me upside down and unconscious. Fortunately, I was able escape with my life and some non-life threating injuries (torn rotator cuff muscles, Brachial Plexus injury, cervical disk complications). This accident happened in Jan 2016 and in the following weeks I notified the company through their web site where I gave a description of the accident, my name and contact information. I also advised them to have this product re-called. I never heard back from this company so I carried on with life and put my focus toward a full recovery. In approximately sept 2017 I experienced a big loss of strength on my left side upper body (arm shoulder and back). I had an MRI performed (the 2nd since the accident) and it revealed nerve compression on the Brachial Plexus roots, caused from Posterior disc osteophyte complex a complication from the initial accident. On Sept 27, 2017 I decided to report this Apex inversion chair to a Canadian Government web site to raise awareness of this dangerous product. Case Number [REDACTED] Consumer Product Safety Officer, Regulatory Operations and Regions Branch Health Canada / Government of Canada [REDACTED] / Tel: 416-973-4312 / Fax: 416-973-1746
Since this time I have been contacted by a representative of the Canadian Tire Corporation, the company from which I purchased the Inversion chair and they had told me I would be hearing from Impex fitness the company that distributes this line of fitness Equipment. [REDACTED] from Impex fitness e-mailed Jan 3 2018 asking me when it would be a good time to talk about my accident. I responded to the email and we eventually talked. I have since talked with [REDACTED] 2 times and have asked what they are going to do about re-calling this product or warning the public. I also sent her an email asking to do the right thing and report this product. She did not respond to my email which I sent on March 23 2018. All she did was assure me that Impex fitness does not make this product anymore during our phone calls. So this leads me to believe they don’t want to deal with the ramifications of a recall or the bad publicity this could create for their marketing of fitness products.
- Model
- Model AX-IVT845
- Bought from
- Canadian Tire, Ontario
- Bought
- Apr 1, 2014, about then
- Where
- Thunder bay, Canada: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 49, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Apex, made or sold by IMPEX, Inc
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
CPSC’s disclaimer
Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.
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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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