EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Inflatable play equipment Zizo Inflatables “Climbing Tower” — risk: burns, fire, injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00829/21
Summary
The landing platform is too small. Consequently, children climbing the pyramid may fall and land outside the soft landing platform, on the ground and suffer injuries. Furthermore, the material does not resist to fire, it does not stop burning when the ignition source is removed and it burns rapidly. As a result, there is a risk of fire and burns. The product does not comply with the requirements of the General…
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Product
Inflatable play equipment — Zizo Inflatables
- Brand
- Zizo Inflatables
- Name / model
- Climbing Tower
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- An inflatable climbing tower (pyramid), height approximately 6 meters, mainly coloured blue and black. The product is sold online.
What is the risk?
- The landing platform is too small. Consequently, children climbing the pyramid may fall and land outside the soft landing platform, on the ground and suffer injuries. Furthermore, the material does not resist to fire, it does not stop burning when the ignition source is removed and it burns rapidly. As a result, there is a risk of fire and burns. The product does not comply with the requirements of the General Product Safety Directive and European standard EN 14960-1.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: 10/05/2019
- 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: 18/04/2019
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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