EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Toys
Children's swing — risk: injuries, strangulation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/02771/25
Summary
The knots may come untied and the child may fall from the swing. Moreover, due to the insufficient technical design and incomplete assembly instructions, the child's neck, head and fingers can be caught in openings. This can cause the child to suffer injuries or strangulation. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-8.
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Product
Children's swing
- Name / model
- 504005
- Category
- Toys
- Children's hanging swing, with a structure consisting of wooden movable partitions through which a rope passes, equipped with a seat with a barrier. The hanging system consists of a rope anchored in each corner of the swing and ends in two connectors with rings.
What is the risk?
- The knots may come untied and the child may fall from the swing. Moreover, due to the insufficient technical design and incomplete assembly instructions, the child's neck, head and fingers can be caught in openings. This can cause the child to suffer injuries or strangulation. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-8.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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