EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Protective equipment
Climbing chocks Wild Country “Superlight rock” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00600/23
Summary
Corrosion can occur in the chocks.This can significantly reduce its strength and may pose a danger to a climber. The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Regulation nor with the European standard EN12270.
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Product
Climbing chocks — Wild Country
- Brand
- Wild Country
- Name / model
- Superlight rock · Superlight rock (code 40-RSL), Superlight rock set 1-6 (code 40-RSLSET)
- Barcode
- 503328602067250332860206895033286020696503328602070250332860
- Category
- Protective equipment
- Climbing chocks. Produced before 31.12.2022
- Recall information: https://www.wildcountry.com/product-recall
What is the risk?
- Corrosion can occur in the chocks.This can significantly reduce its strength and may pose a danger to a climber. The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Regulation nor with the European standard EN12270.
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: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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