Name of Product: Ameristep Plastic Strap-On Tree Step Units  The plastic portion of the step can break, posing a fall hazard to the user.  Primal Vantage has received six complaints of step breakage, including two reports of consumers being bruised and cut.  Product is a plastic tree step that attaches to a tree via a nylon strap and a large metal buckle. It is used to climb a tree in order to hunt from an elevated position. Model numbers 105 and 155 both have a “08”, which is stamped on the plastic portion of the step denoting the year of manufacture.  The product was sold from April 2008 through November 2009 at various outdoor and sporting goods retailers nationwide as a 3-step package in model 105 or as a single step in model 155.

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