EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Childcare articles and children's equipment
Safety gate for children MS “Wood & Metal Safety Gate” — risk: injuries, strangulation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0518/17
Summary
null The gaps between the bars of the safety gate are too large: A crawling child could try to pass his legs or torso between the bars, leaving the head blocked, which could lead to respiratory difficulties or strangulation. The gate does not close automatically and a child might pass through the opening and fall down the stairs. In addition, the safety gate has protruding corners where the garments of a child could…
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Product
Safety gate for children — MS
- Brand
- MS
- Name / model
- Wood & Metal Safety Gate · Ref. 141021
- Batch number(s)
- 8436046381001
- Category
- Childcare articles and children's equipment
- Safety gate with measurements from 75 to 82 cm for children under the age of 24 months. The product is sold in a cardboard box.
What is the risk?
- null The gaps between the bars of the safety gate are too large: A crawling child could try to pass his legs or torso between the bars, leaving the head blocked, which could lead to respiratory difficulties or strangulation. The gate does not close automatically and a child might pass through the opening and fall down the stairs. In addition, the safety gate has protruding corners where the garments of a child could get caught, causing strangulation.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 1930.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ImporterCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 20/01/2017
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