EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Camming devices Black Diamond “Camalots and Camalot Ultralights” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0595/16
Summary
null In a very high percentage of the products, it is possible that the axles of the camming devices are not correctly riveted. This could result in the camming device not being fully resilient or falling apart when used. As a consequence, the climber could fall from a height and sustain serious or fatal injuries.The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Directive.
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Product
Camming devices — Black Diamond
- Brand
- Black Diamond
- Name / model
- Camalots and Camalot Ultralights · Camalot Ultralights of all sizes manufactured between 10 November 2015 and 4 March 2016 and with a production code of between 5309 and 6061. , Camalots of all sizes which were manufactured between 18 May 2015 and 9 March 2016 and have a production code of between 5
- Batch number(s)
- CAMALOT ULTRALIGHTS: Size / Style Number: .3 262103 .4 262104 .5 262105 .75 262107 #1 262110 #2 262120 #3 262130 #4 262140 #5 262150 #6 262160CAMALOT: Size / Style Number: .4 262164 .5 262165 .75 262167 #1 262171 #2 262172 #3 262173 #4 262174
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Spring-loaded camming devices used for rock climbing.
What is the risk?
- null In a very high percentage of the products, it is possible that the axles of the camming devices are not correctly riveted. This could result in the camming device not being fully resilient or falling apart when used. As a consequence, the climber could fall from a height and sustain serious or fatal injuries.The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Directive.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 13/04/2016
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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