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For Immediate Release          Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 914-4567
October 17, 2007                      CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
Release #08-035                       CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Kong Maxx Ladder Stands Sold at Gander Mountain Recalled Due to Fall Hazard
  
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. (To access color photos of the following recalled products, see CPSC’s Web site at www.cpsc.gov.)

Name of Product: Kong Maxx Ladder Stands
Units: About 6,000
Manufacturer: Gorilla Inc., of Flushing, Mich.
Hazard: The ladder stands can become unstable while in use, causing the user to fall.  The addition of one ladder section to the stand makes the platform further away from the bracing.  When the stand is at its full height, the distance between the bracing and the platform may result in platform instability prior to attachment to and/or detachment from the tree.
Incidents/Injuries: Gorilla Inc. has received two reports of consumers who fell from these ladder stands and suffered injuries to the back and knee.
Description: This recall involves Gorilla Kong Maxx Ladder Stands with model number 43032 and batch numbers G051507, G051507D, G061507D, G071507D, and G081507D. Model numbers are printed on the box only. Batch numbers are stamped on the vertical rail of the first ladder section. The stand is 19-feet to the shooting rail, or 16-foot 8-inches to the platform. The foot platform measures 17 ½ -inches wide. This is the only Gorilla, Inc. ladder stand with these dimensions.
Sold at: Gander Mountain stores nationwide from July 2007 through September 2007 for about $180.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the ladder stands and contact Gorilla Inc. to receive a refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Gorilla Inc. at (800) 914-4567 between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.gorillatreestands.com. Consumers can also write the firm at Gorilla, Inc. 3475 Eastman Drive Flushing, Mich. 48433.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction.  Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $700 billion annually.  The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals – contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC’s hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC’s teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270 or visit CPSC’s Web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC’s Web site at www.cpsc.gov.