An Evansville based company, Goalsetter Systems Inc has issued a recall on their wall-mounted basketball goals.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the company are announcing the recall of about 18,000 Goalsetter wall-mounted basketball goals that can unexpectedly detach from the wall and fall to the ground.
A 14-year-old boy was killed when the recalled Goalsetter wall-mounted basketball goal fell on him.
Goalsetter has received four reports of incidents of the wall-mounted basketball goal detaching from a wall, including the boy’s death.
Among the locations where the goals were sold are amazon.com, dickssportinggoods.com, walmart.com, and target.com from November 1999 through June 2022.
Goalsetter is contacting all known purchasers directly.
Contact information for the company may be found on the WAMW website in the news section.
Goalsetter toll-free at 855-951-7460 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, online at https://www.goalsetter.com/pages/basketball-wall-mount-recall and https://www.goalsetter.com/ and click on “SAFETY & RECALL” at the top of the page for more information.
