Prism Medical C-300 Consumer Ceiling Lift; PN 330050, 330050R, 330053, 330053R, and 330057; weight specification 300 lbs. /136 kg. Lifting aid used by health care professionals to lift, position, and transfer clients or disabled family members.

Recall Insight

This FDA Devices action (record #Z-0284-2016) was formally reported on November 25, 2015, with the manufacturer initiating the action on September 8, 2015. It is classified under Moderate severity (Class II), with a current status of Terminated. ErgoSafe Products, LLC (DBA) Prism Medical is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Maryland Heights, MO. Federal records indicate 561 lifts units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: Drive shaft and over speed arm may simultaneously fail potentially resulting in a patient falling during use Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Australia, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Japan, and Great Britain.. Distribution scope directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by FDA Devices. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 11 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.