Peloton Tread+ Treadmill Safety Incident

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Cites rgbrenner · 2021-04 · on “Regulators urge safety recall of Peloton treadmill after child dies”

Most treadmills have a guard or plastic covering on the bottom that stops the tread from pulling something underneath it. From pictures, the peloton treadmill doesnt have this... so I would guess if anything gets between the back of the device and the floor, it'll pull it under the machine. Edit: confirmed (warning: video shows a child being injured): [this video]

Cites omnicognate · 2021-04 · on “Regulators urge safety recall of Peloton treadmill after child dies”

If you do a google images search for "running treadmill" you'll see most of them have some design aspect that would prevent the accident shown in the video, most commonly a bar or guard of some sort that would stop a child or large object being dragged under. Edit: in case you haven't seen the video: [this video]

Cites hagy · 2021-04 · on “Regulators urge safety recall of Peloton treadmill after child dies”

I agree. The CPSC graphic video [0], graphically demonstrates the "safety failure" of a Pelton treadmill with two young children playing on an active treadmill unsupervised. While I certainly agree Pelton and other manufactures should attempt to mitigate the dangers of such a negligent situation, I was astonished that parents would allow this to happen. Imagine the same video, but replace the treadmill with a loaded bench press. Pelton highlights that there is a safety key required to operate the machine and that parents are instructed to store it in a secure location inaccessible to children. [1] No treadmill manufacturer can ever fully eliminate the dangers of an active treadmill to young

Cites gvb · 2021-05 · on “Peloton recalling all treadmills after reports of injuries, one death”

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released a video of a child being sucked under the machine. The child was not injured in this instance, but the video is horrifying to watch. [this video]

Cites Johnny555 · 2021-05 · on “Peloton recalling all treadmills after reports of injuries, one death”

Did you watch the video that was widely circulated in the news? A child is playing with a ball (around 12" in diameter), it gets sucked under and traps his hands, then the treadmill pulls his entire body under as the treadmill itself (which weighs 300-450lb) moves on top of him. In this case the child was lucky that the ball didn't burst so he was able to climb back out. [this video]

Critical romwell · 2021-04 · on “Regulators urge safety recall of Peloton treadmill after child dies”

There are many treadmills out there. And those treadmills don't tell to pull people underneath them , like this device did. Let's not be facetious here, Peloton didn't get CPSC's attention because it is a treadmill -- it got that attention because it is an unsafe treadmill. As far as treadmills go, preventing being pulled underneath has been a solved problem. EDIT: compare and contrast: what Peloton does [1] vs. a $700 treadmill design [2]. [1] [this video] [2] [LINK]

Critical fastball · 2021-05 · on “Peloton to invest $400M to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Ohio”

Yes, a plastic guard creates opportunities for catching fingers and clothing, but (unsurprisingly) people think this is preferable to their child's head getting caught in the treadmill[1]. A child was killed by one of these things. It is absolutely a massive design flaw that this treadmill lacks a protective guard and/or an automatic cutoff that triggers when it sees an unexpected level of resistance. You know, like if a child's head gets caught in it. [1] [this video]

Critical 29athrowaway · 2022-02 · on “Peloton replaces CEO and lays off 2,800 people”

Why I will never buy any Peloton product for my home... Peloton Tread+ Treadmill Safety Incident: [this video] (viewer discretion is advised)