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Contour cameras and photo equipment

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jul 12, 2017. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Jul 12, 2017the latest report was made
  • Jul 12, 2017the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Contour
Maker
Contour, LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Cameras and photo equipmentCPSC’s product type: Photographic Equipment (code 536), in Electronics: Cameras & Camcorders

By month

1 report from August 2016 to July 2017; the most in July 2017, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
July 20171

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Death 1

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.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. Death

    Made Jul 12, 2017, sent to the company Jul 26, 2017, published by CPSC Aug 9, 2017

    The product, in the report: Contour Roam Model 1600: Helmet mounted video camera Helmet is a Kinetic brand racing helmet (unsure of model)

    14 year-old boy was racing in a motorcross ATV event wearing a helmet mounted Contour camera on a Kinetic racing helmet. During the race he collides with other races and crashes. Video from the camera appears to show him flipping over the handlebars and striking the left side of his head on the ground. The camera is also mounted to the left side of the helmet. The video appears to show the camera breaking off the helmet and spinning into the grass after the impact with the ground. He is unresponsive when first responders arrive. Resuscitation is not successful and he is pronounced dead.

    I performed the autopsy. There was a focal depressed skull fracture of the left side of the skull that was the most significant injury on the body. The appearance of the depression suggests that the head struck an object that was protruding off the ground, such as a large rock or the cylinder of the camera. A large rock seems unlikely given that this is a motorcross racing track. The left side of the helmet is fractured. The camera is cylindrical shaped and was mounted to the left side of the helmet via a plastic mount. Based on the video, the point of impact appeared to be at the camera mount site. I know that these cameras are designed to break off the helmet with relatively minor impact as a safety mechanism. However, in this case, the camera may have broken off only partially, or in such a way that the front of the camera turned inward toward the head, and became trapped between the head and the ground, such that when the head struck the ground, it also struck the protruding camera, resulting in the fatal depressed skull fracture.

    Model
    Contour Roam Model 1600
    Where
    Millville, Minnesota: Place of Recreation or Sports
    Who was involved
    Age 14, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand Contour, made or sold by Contour, LLC

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.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources

  • 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.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

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CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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