EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Machinery
Flail-type cutting attachments for brush cutters — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/01713/23
Summary
The chains are unprotected and could break during use. Consequently, the user could be hit by the head or the broken pieces of the chain saw and be injured. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive nor with those of Commission Decision 2012/32/EU prohibiting the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters.
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Product
Flail-type cutting attachments for brush cutters
- Category
- Machinery
- Flail-type cutting attachment with 2 chains for portable hand-held brush cutters. Diameter: 330 mm.
What is the risk?
- The chains are unprotected and could break during use. Consequently, the user could be hit by the head or the broken pieces of the chain saw and be injured. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive nor with those of Commission Decision 2012/32/EU prohibiting the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 23/02/2023
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 23/02/2023
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures
- Date of entry into force: 28/11/2022
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