EU Safety Gate · Report-2023-41
Flail-type cutting attachments with 6 knifes
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 those of Commission Decision 2012/32/EU prohibiting the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters.
- Published
- 13 October 2023
- Notifying authority
- Hungary
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor. Category of measure(s): Destruction of the product. Date of entry into force: 08/03/2023 · Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor. Category of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks. Date of entry into force: 08/03/2023 · Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 08/03/2023 · Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor. Category of measure(s): Confiscation of products. Date of entry into force: 08/03/2023 · Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor. Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users. Date of entry into force: 08/03/2023
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/02474/23
Classification
- Category
- Machinery
- Risk type
- Injuries
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Flail type cutting attachment consisting of 6 knives.