EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-16
ENERGETICS – Lateral Thigh Trainer · Step machine
The product poses a chemical risk because there is a mercury switch inside containing approx. 56mg of mercury. Mercury is regarded as particularly hazardous and constitutes a threat to health as well as to the environment. Mercury has adverse effects, particularly on the nervous system and its development.
- Published
- 25 April 2008
- Notifying authority
- Sweden
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the importer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0459/08
- Model
- Unknown
Classification
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
This recall involves a step-machine "Lateral Thigh Trainer, LTT", for personal training. It is a so-called “open product”, meaning that an importer can order this product with his own label or brand. It is sold in red with black pedals that move up and down and from side to side. There is a black sticker with a white silhouette in a yellow frame on the middle of the machine. Weight approx 14 kg; size: 55 x 25 x 40 cm.