EU Safety Gate · Report-2024-11
Attachment for brush cutters
The rivets attaching the cutting knives to the blade can break. The knives might consequently detach during use and cause injury. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive nor with the Commission Decision 2012/32/EU prohibiting the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters.
- Published
- 15 March 2024
- Notifying authority
- Slovakia
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer. Category of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks. Date of entry into force: Unknown. Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer. Category of measure(s): Stop of sales. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/00677/24
- Model
- FTC136, FTC179
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 5907580155364
Classification
- Category
- Machinery
- Risk type
- Injuries
- Country of origin
- Not published
Product description
Flail-type cutting attachment consisting of 6 metal knives.