Goalsetter Recalls Wall-Mounted Basketball Goals Due to Serious Impact Injury Hazard and Risk of Death; One Fatality Reported

Recall number

23027

Title

Goalsetter Recalls Wall-Mounted Basketball Goals Due to Serious Impact Injury Hazard and Risk of Death; One Fatality Reported

Recall date

2022-10-27T00:00:00

Manufacturers

[{"CompanyID":"","Name":"Goalsetter Systems Inc., of Evansville, Indiana"}]

Made in

[{"Country":"United States"}]

Importers

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Distributors

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Sold at

[{"CompanyID":"","Name":"SCHEELS stores and basketball equipment stores nationwide and online at www.amazon.com, www.dickssportinggoods.com, www.walmart.com, www.competitiveedgeproducts.com and www.target.com from November 1999 through June 2022 for between $919 and $2,250."}]

Products

[{"CategoryID":"","Description":"","Model":"","Name":"Goalsetter wall-mounted basketball goals","NumberOfUnits":"About 18,000","Type":""}]

UPCs

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Hazards

[{"HazardType":"","HazardTypeID":"","Name":"The basketball goal can detach from the wall and fall to the ground posing a serious impact injury hazard and risk of death."}]

Remedies

[{"Name":"Consumers should stop using the recalled wall-mounted basketball goals immediately and contact Goalsetter for free removal of the basketball goal with a full refund or a free inspection of the installed wall-mounted basketball goal and free installation of an additional safety bracket."}]

Injuries reported

[{"Name":"A 14-year-old boy was killed when the recalled Goalsetter wall-mounted basketball goal fell on him in Granger, Indiana in June 2018. Goalsetter has received four reports of incidents of the wall-mounted basketball goal detaching from a wall, including the boy's death. In one of the other incidents a consumer sustained severe facial injuries, and in another incident a consumer sustained a fractured leg."}]

Description

This recall involves all Goalsetter Adjustable and Fixed Wall Mount Series and GS Baseline Series 72-inch, 60-inch, 54-inch, and 48-inch wall-mounted goal systems. The basketball goals have a white Goalsetter logo (a white basketball to the left of the word "Goalsetter" printed in the lower left corner of the backboard).

Notice

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Goalsetter-Recalls-Wall-Mounted-Basketball-Goals-Due-to-Serious-Impact-Injury-Hazard-and-Risk-of-Death-One-Fatality-Reported

Last published

2022-10-27T00:00:00

Cite as

CPSC Consumer Product Recalls (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission), pages.json, sha256 1b022dde64a0, published 2026-09-24

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