EU alert · Safety Gate Other risk levels Toys
Water gun — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A11/0033/18
Summary
The design of the trigger on the water gun is not appropriate. The fingers of the children may become trapped between the moving and the fixed parts of the trigger and get injured.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard En 71-1.
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Product
Water gun
- Name / model
- Water gun · No. 508 (on the product); ITEM NO. OWGDH0266 (on the packaging)
- Batch number(s)
- 3245676282665, Batch NO.: 122016
- Category
- Toys
- Plastic water gun with 700 ml water tank, sold without packaging.
What is the risk?
- The design of the trigger on the water gun is not appropriate. The fingers of the children may become trapped between the moving and the fixed parts of the trigger and get injured.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard En 71-1.
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: 02/01/2018
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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