EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Childcare articles and children's equipment
Safety gate for children North States Industries “Supergate Stairway Gate” — risk: entrapment, injuries, strangulation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1357/16
Summary
null The safety gate is not sufficiently high: a child can climb over it and fall. Moreover, it can break or open unexpectedly due to an inadequate opening mechanism with the risk of a child falling down the stairs, and it has protruding corners where the garments of a child could get caught, causing strangulation. In addition there are gaps and holes where a child's fingers could be trapped.The product does not…
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Product
Safety gate for children — North States Industries
- Brand
- North States Industries
- Name / model
- Supergate Stairway Gate · 8670; MS UNIQUE
- Batch number(s)
- 02610708670
- Category
- Childcare articles and children's equipment
- Plastic safety gate for children and pets.
What is the risk?
- null The safety gate is not sufficiently high: a child can climb over it and fall. Moreover, it can break or open unexpectedly due to an inadequate opening mechanism with the risk of a child falling down the stairs, and it has protruding corners where the garments of a child could get caught, causing strangulation. In addition there are gaps and holes where a child's fingers could be trapped.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 1930.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 06/09/2016
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