EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Lifejacket BALTIC “Hammar harness life jacket” — risk: drowning
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/01852/25
Summary
The inflation system does not work sufficiently. In automatic inflation mode, immersion of the trigger device in salt water at a temperature of -1 °C might not trigger inflation. In manual inflation mode, no inflation was observed. This could lead to the user drowning. The product does not comply with the Personal Protection Equipment Regulation nor with the European standard 12402-3.
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Product
Lifejacket — BALTIC
- Brand
- BALTIC
- Name / model
- Hammar harness life jacket · BREEZE, WINNER
- Barcode
- 3660851129328 3660851129366 7392715747626
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Automatic inflatable life jacket with HAMMAR hydrostatic trigger. All batches are affected.
- Recall information: https://rappel.conso.gouv.fr/fiche-rappel/2025-04-0028
What is the risk?
- The inflation system does not work sufficiently. In automatic inflation mode, immersion of the trigger device in salt water at a temperature of -1 °C might not trigger inflation. In manual inflation mode, no inflation was observed. This could lead to the user drowning. The product does not comply with the Personal Protection Equipment Regulation nor with the European standard 12402-3.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 04/04/2025
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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