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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 vide

by gvb 5y ago

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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onXNnlCYJ4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onXNnlCYJ4Y

dkarl 5y ago
The video shows a sequence of events I never would have predicted yet in hindsight seems inevitable: a child holds an inflatable ball to the back of the treadmill, causing the ball to get sucked underneath and boost the back end of the treadmill off the ground, creating clearance for the child to get dragged under as well. I'm surprised there haven't been more injuries as a result of this. By the way, thanks for mentioning that the child wasn't injured. If I thought I was watching a child being hurt or killed, I don't think I could have watched it, but knowing beforehand that the children were not injured, I found it kind of hilarious.
mnouquet 5y ago
Could happen with any treadmill. As a rule of thumb, I would not let a child near gym equipment, plenty of potential injury / death there.
- mort96 5y ago
  No it couldn't? A lot of (most?) threadmills have something below the underside of the belt so that objects can't get sucked in.
  - mnouquet 5y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVGBxNu7F4c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVGBxNu7F4c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rllZpUBM7-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rllZpUBM7-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVcelEiP8dQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVcelEiP8dQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-etRL9roBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-etRL9roBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IymiUt_UiE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IymiUt_UiE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1lICBhp_W8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1lICBhp_W8 Plenty of these could have been deadly.
    - mort96 5y ago
      Sure? But it couldn't have happened with any threadmill, just ones with that issue. Also, for all I know, it's possible that those threadmills have some safety properties which the Peloton threadmills don't. Is the belt less grippy, so that it would be easier to get out? Do the motors stop spinning when they get stuck? I don't know, but it doesn't seem too unlikely. I'd be interested to know.

by gvb 5y ago

dkarl 5y ago

The video shows a sequence of events I never would have predicted yet in hindsight seems inevitable: a child holds an inflatable ball to the back of the treadmill, causing the ball to get sucked underneath and boost the back end of the treadmill off the ground, creating clearance for the child to get dragged under as well. I'm surprised there haven't been more injuries as a result of this. By the way, thanks for mentioning that the child wasn't injured. If I thought I was watching a child being hurt or killed, I don't think I could have watched it, but knowing beforehand that the children were not injured, I found it kind of hilarious.

mnouquet 5y ago

Could happen with any treadmill. As a rule of thumb, I would not let a child near gym equipment, plenty of potential injury / death there.

mort96 5y ago
No it couldn't? A lot of (most?) threadmills have something below the underside of the belt so that objects can't get sucked in.
- mnouquet 5y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVGBxNu7F4c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVGBxNu7F4c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rllZpUBM7-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rllZpUBM7-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVcelEiP8dQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVcelEiP8dQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-etRL9roBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-etRL9roBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IymiUt_UiE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IymiUt_UiE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1lICBhp_W8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1lICBhp_W8 Plenty of these could have been deadly.
  - mort96 5y ago
    Sure? But it couldn't have happened with any threadmill, just ones with that issue. Also, for all I know, it's possible that those threadmills have some safety properties which the Peloton threadmills don't. Is the belt less grippy, so that it would be easier to get out? Do the motors stop spinning when they get stuck? I don't know, but it doesn't seem too unlikely. I'd be interested to know.