Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2013-022
Petzl · Prusik mechanical ZIGZAG
The product poses the risk of injuries du to the particular configuration of an incorrectly-positioned and off-axis upper connector. Two accidents reported.
- Published
- 07 June 2013
- Notifying authority
- Spain
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users. Date of entry into force: 30/04/2013
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/0664/13
- Model
- D22-ZIGZAG
- Batch
- 3342540094116
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 3342540094116
Classification
- Category
- Protective equipment
- Risk type
- Injuries
- Country of origin
- France
Product description
Product enabling users to prune trees by climbing up the trees themselves (and not using cranes). The recall concerns all products “ZIGZAG” with serial numbers below 13108******. The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Directive (PPE).