EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Climbing harness Petzl “Aspir” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0517/16
Summary
null The unauthorised repairs to the webbing of the harness could fail, resulting in the climber falling from a significant height, leading to serious injury or death. The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and the relevant European standard EN 12277.
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Product
Climbing harness — Petzl
- Brand
- Petzl
- Name / model
- Aspir · C24
- Batch number(s)
- The recall concerns redundant harnesses in which the webbing has been cut through so that they could be disposed of and not used. The harnesses were subsequently obtained and repaired without th.....
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Climbing harness.
What is the risk?
- null The unauthorised repairs to the webbing of the harness could fail, resulting in the climber falling from a significant height, leading to serious injury or death. The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and the relevant European standard EN 12277.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): RetailerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 07/04/2016
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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