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EU Safety Gate · Report-2023-34

FLINKE FACHGEBIT · Flail-type cutting attachments for brush cutter

The rivets attaching the cutting knives to the blade could break. The knives might consequently detach during use and hit the user. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive nor with the Commission Decision prohibiting the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters.

Published
25 August 2023
Notifying authority
Hungary
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor. Category of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures. Date of entry into force: 27/11/2022 · Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor. Category of measure(s): confiscation of products. Date of entry into force: 27/11/2022

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
A12/01855/23
Model
CS (on the packaging)
Category
Machinery
Risk type
Injuries
Country of origin
Not published

Flail-type cutting attachments with six knives for portable hand-held brush cutters.