EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Protective equipment
Protective shoes Spacub “Unknown” — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0661/13
Summary
null The product poses a chemical risk because it contains up to 54.9 mg/kg of Chromium VI in the leather upper part.The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and the relevant European standard EN 20345.
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Product
Protective shoes — Spacub
- Brand
- Spacub
- Name / model
- Unknown · Ref. 407-2. S3 SRA
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Protective equipment
- Protective shoes with leather uppers and metal toecaps made in black full-grain leather. Category II, S3 SRA. The product comes in a cardboard box bearing the brand name, the reference, the CE marking and the legends concerning the applicable standard.
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a chemical risk because it contains up to 54.9 mg/kg of Chromium VI in the leather upper part.The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and the relevant European standard EN 20345.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at border
- Date of entry into force: 14/05/2013
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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