EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Childcare articles and children's equipment
Safety gate for children Prénatal “Prénatal traphek hout ('Wooden stairgate')” — risk: injuries, strangulation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1757/16
Summary
null The gaps between the bars are too large. A crawling child could try to pass his legs or torso between the bars, leaving the head blocked, which could cause respiratory difficulties or strangulation. In addition, the safety gate has protruding corners where the garments of a child could get caught, causing strangulation and it is not sufficiently high: a child can climb over it and fall. The product does not…
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Product
Safety gate for children — Prénatal
- Brand
- Prénatal
- Name / model
- Prénatal traphek hout ('Wooden stairgate') · Minerva 71-102 cm; typenummer: 2-201500705
- Batch number(s)
- 8717568073002
- Category
- Childcare articles and children's equipment
- Wooden stair gate packed in a cardboard packaging
What is the risk?
- null The gaps between the bars are too large. A crawling child could try to pass his legs or torso between the bars, leaving the head blocked, which could cause respiratory difficulties or strangulation. In addition, the safety gate has protruding corners where the garments of a child could get caught, causing strangulation and it is not sufficiently high: a child can climb over it and fall. 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: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 05/12/2016
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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