EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Climbing harness Wild Country “Syncro Harness” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0964/16
Summary
null The waist belt buckle can slip under load, resulting in the climber falling from a significant height, leading to serious injury or death.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive.
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Product
Climbing harness — Wild Country
- Brand
- Wild Country
- Name / model
- Syncro Harness · Type C. 2016 Model Year
- Batch number(s)
- 01 A 01 16
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Climbing harness individually packaged.Recall notice: www.wildcountry.com/en/wild-country-syncro-harness-recall
What is the risk?
- null The waist belt buckle can slip under load, resulting in the climber falling from a significant height, leading to serious injury or death.The product does not comply with the requirements of 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: 20/07/2016
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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