EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Machinery
Grain drier “Pedrotti grain dryer” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1452/19
Summary
Access to dangerous moving parts of machinery is possible when interlocked guard replaced wrong way round. There is a very high risk of fatal injury from contact with moving parts if a person places head/upper body in resulting opening. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive.
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Product
Grain drier
- Name / model
- Pedrotti grain dryer · 250M
- Category
- Machinery
- Agricultural batch process grain dryer
What is the risk?
- Access to dangerous moving parts of machinery is possible when interlocked guard replaced wrong way round. There is a very high risk of fatal injury from contact with moving parts if a person places head/upper body in resulting opening. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Temporary ban on the supply, offer to supply and display of the product
- Date of entry into force: 30/07/2019
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: 30/07/2019
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Users to modify defect
- Date of entry into force: 30/07/2019
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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