EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Machinery
Plasma welder/ cutter Tosense — risk: burns, damage to sight, electric shock, fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0829/19
Summary
The power lead is inadequate and can easily become damaged through overheating or sparks, giving access to live parts. A user might suffer an electric shock. The welding gun is operated by an inadequate single action lever which might lead to accidental activation of the product. Accidental operation when not wearing protective equipment leads to exposure to UV and hot metal sparks that may cause eye injuries, burns…
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Product
- Metal box containing circuitry, motors and transformer. Supplied with power lead and welding gun fitted to a lead. Packaged in a cardboard box. The product was sold online, in particular via eBay and Amazon.
What is the risk?
- The power lead is inadequate and can easily become damaged through overheating or sparks, giving access to live parts. A user might suffer an electric shock. The welding gun is operated by an inadequate single action lever which might lead to accidental activation of the product. Accidental operation when not wearing protective equipment leads to exposure to UV and hot metal sparks that may cause eye injuries, burns and/or and present a cutting hazard. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery and the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European Standards EN ISO 12100 and EN 60974.
Measures taken
- 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: 12/12/2018
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): This product listing was removed by Amazon and eBay.
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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