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EU Safety Gate · Report-2024-12

SPAX · Betonschraube Kopfformen HS, SK, RK, RKG, IG, AG

The concrete screws for use as multiple fasteners in non-load-bearing redundant systems can spontaneously fail due to hydrogen embrittlement. The weight they support is transferred to adjacent screws, which have the same potential defect and can also break. A zipper effect and thus a system failure must be expected. People can be injured by falling parts. The product does not comply with the Construction Products Regulation.

Published
22 March 2024
Notifying authority
Germany
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer. Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users. Date of entry into force: 22/08/2023 · Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer. Category of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks. Date of entry into force: 22/08/2023 · Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 22/08/2023 · Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer. Category of measure(s): Stop of sales. Date of entry into force: 22/08/2023

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
A12/00745/24
Model
SX-BS-10
Category
Construction products
Risk type
Injuries
Country of origin
Germany

Concrete screw advertised as approved according to ETA-20/0884 for use as a multiple fastening for non-load-bearing systems in concrete.