EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Protective equipment
Gardening gloves CUATRO GASA BEHOLI — risk: cuts
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0482/17
Summary
null The gloves are wrongly labelled with regard to the blade cut resistance: Users might think that they are sufficiently protected against sharp objects and suffer cuts.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive (PPE) and the relevant European standards EN 388 and EN 420.
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Product
Gardening gloves — CUATRO GASA BEHOLI
- Brand
- CUATRO GASA BEHOLI
- Name / model
- SL-600
- Batch number(s)
- 8436026597088
- Category
- Protective equipment
- Protective gloves, impregnated, coated or covered. They are sold without packaging, with a card label. The front of the label carries the product name, the brand and a statement to the effect that they are ‘special for gardening’.
What is the risk?
- null The gloves are wrongly labelled with regard to the blade cut resistance: Users might think that they are sufficiently protected against sharp objects and suffer cuts.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive (PPE) and the relevant European standards EN 388 and EN 420.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ImporterCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 09/02/2017
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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