Weight Lifting (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)

60 YOF REPORTS SHE WAS USING A ***, WHEN GETTING UP SHE TRIPPED ON IT AND LANDED ON HER RIGHT ARM/SHOULDER. DX: UPPER ARM FX

15YOM PRESENTS TO ED FOR ABDOMINAL PAIN. PT STATES ABDOMINAL PAIN STARTED TODAY AT SCHOOL AT WEIGHT-TRAINING. REFERRED FROM SCHOOL NURSE. DX: NOT STATED ( LWBS-LEFT W/O BEING SEEN AFTER TRIAGE)

21 YOM ABD PAIN LIFTING WEIGHTS DX; ABD STRAIN

34YOM PATIENT WAS LIFTING WEIGHTS AND FELT A POP NEAR HIS LEFT SHOULDER DX: PAIN OF LEFT CLAVICLE

59YOM TO ED WITH LOW BACK PAIN, 2 WKS AGO PT WAS DOIND MANUAL LABOR AND FELT BACK PAIN, THIS WAS FOLLOWED ABOUT 1.5 WKS AGO BY MVA, PT WAS REST DRIVER, HIT STATIONARY OBJECT, NO AIRBAGS, YESTERDAY, PT WAS TRYING TO LIFT WEIGHTS DEV BACK PAIN, DX MIDLINE THORACIC BACK PAIN

22 YOM WAS WEIGHT LIFTING ABOUT 500 POUNDS YESTERDAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO BAIL OUT DURING A SQUAT AND THE WEIGHT ROLLED OVER HIS NECK. +NECK PAIN WITH NUMBNESS/TINGLING IN HIS FEET. DX NECK STRAIN, PARESTHESIA

16YOM PT IN TH16E GYM @ SCHOOL WHEN A FRIEND PULLED A WEIGHT BAR DOWN ON PT'S HEAD DX: CONCUSSION

36YOM TO ER FOR PAIN RIGHT SHOULDER THAT STARTED 1 DAY AFTER LIFTING WEIGHTS DX ACUTE PAIN RIGHT SHOULDER

68YOM WITH SHOULDER PAIN AFTER DOING HEAVY LIFTING AT THE GYM DX: SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT

17YOF WAS AT THE GYM & HAD A WEIGHT ROLL ONTO HER FOOT, PT WAS WEARING SOCKS AT THE TIME, NO SHOES, PT HAS INJURY TO LEFT FOOT DX INJURY LEFT FOOT

19YOF, SUSTAINED BACK INJURY WITH DISCARNATION WHILE LIFTING WEIGHTS SINCE THEN WITH ON AND OFF LOW BACK PAIN, DX: ACUTE BILATERAL LOW BACK PAIN WITH BILATERAL SCIATICA

29YOM, USUALLY WORKS OUT WITH HEAVY WEIGHTS AND TODAY WHILE HE WAS LIFTING HIS DAUGHTER DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN, DX: CHEST PAIN UNSPECIFIED

Purchased CAP Barbell Olympic-size advanced weight bench in January 2015. There is a bar which supports the adjustable bench and the weight of the user and the weights they are lifting. The manual states the maximum weight tolerance is 500 lbs (weight of user + weights being lifted). Just noticed on 8/27/15 that this bar is now bent after normal use (never exceeded 430 lbs in combined weight). This is a very dangerous situation because if this bar was to bend further or collapse during weight lifting (bench pressing) it could cause the weight to come crashing down on the user resulting in serious injury or death.

The plate came disconnected from the dumbell.

We have owned these adjustable Nordic Track dumbbells for about a year. In the past few months, when I lift one of the weights, the lock that is supposed to hold the plates in place comes undone and the plates will become dislodged and fall to the floor. It fell on a treadmill we own and cut the tread. It also has nearly fallen on our feet - in some cases it could fall on someone's head, depending on the movement they were doing.

Adjustable dumbell set (25lb tot wt) model #WSAW2505-K came apart during use. Icon Health and Fitness would/does not provide the wrench to periodically tighten. I received the adjustable dumbbells model number WSAW2505-K as a gift 2 years ago. I began using them regularly about June 2011. On 9/11/11 while doing curls, one dumbbell separated, dropping half of the weights (3 rings) and a screw came off. Luckily it did not fall on me or break anything. I slid the piece back together and replaced the washer and screw, but did not have the tool to completely tighten it. I contacted the Icon service department first through a chat session with [redacted] on 9/12/11. He did not have much information, but said he thought it was an allen wrench of unknown size. He gave me a telephone number to call:[redacted]. When I called and repeated my story, asking for the tool to tighten the screw, I was told that they did not sell any parts and that I should be able to get a allen wrench set that would probably have one that fit. I asked if others had this problem and the person said it happens "rarely" and that they recommend that you check all screws periodically. I believe they should provide the proper wrench with this equipment and more prominently state that it needs tightening on a regular basis.

The weights fell apart

I used these plates only about 6-10 times over the period of about 6 months. There were times the slide mechanism in one of them would 'jam' and sometimes be hard to disengage. I didn't think anything of it, though. I never dropped the weights, always used the plastic holder that came with them, and never caused impact to the plates in anyway. After this incident, I read the manual to ensure I didn't use them incorrectly. I do use these plates at max weight on most workouts, usually for squats, so I may be an outlier. Tonight though, I missed closing hours for the gym and decided to use these weights to do a set a normally do with regular dumbbells. One of these exercises are aptly named "skullcrushers" at a full 50lb weight setting - I do a variant though where I put the dumbbell behind just my head, in case it slips or something happens. Thankfully, I did that, because the bolt holding the plates sheared off mid exercise, the sliding mechanism popped out, and 2 or 3 of the plates on that side of the dumbbell whacked me right on the very top of head leaving a nice knot. I was lucky I didnt have the dumbbell above my face at the full extension, as normal skullcrushers call for. The bolt holding the sliding mechanism is only about 10mm in diameter, and appears to have sustained shear failure. The length of the moment arm of the sliding mechanism at full extension is about 140mm. I do not believe a single bolt is sufficient for such load. I'd be glad to ship the dumbbells back for analysis by their engineering team or CPSC for further analysis

I am an experiences trainer and was working out in my home gym. While doing a leg press exercise on the Nautilus NT-CC1 Smith Machine, as I have done many times in the past, the bench unexpectedly collapsed into the decline position and the bar bell, with 150 lbs, fell onto my head. I spent 30 days in ICU and almost died. I had a fractured skull and a traumatic brain injury.

I picked up the weights and I started lifting 60 lbs on each arm and my little bro was video taping me as I curl these weights. About half way through my set a weight on my right hand dumbbell drops on the floor and bounces on to my little brothers foot.