EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Machinery
Wood working machinery/ forestry machinery Wuhan Haiyu Technology Development “Woodchipper” — risk: cuts, injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1337/14
Summary
null Due to the lack of guarding (blades can easily be touched by persons; feeder can be open easily without using equipment; moving parts are accessible by persons) and the way the machine has been designed, there is a total lack of application of the principles of safety integration.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
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Product
Wood working machinery/ forestry machinery — Wuhan Haiyu Technology Development
- Brand
- Wuhan Haiyu Technology Development
- Name / model
- Woodchipper · CH6
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Machinery
- Machine to be mounted on a tractor in order to be used as a equipment for chipping wood.
What is the risk?
- null Due to the lack of guarding (blades can easily be touched by persons; feeder can be open easily without using equipment; moving parts are accessible by persons) and the way the machine has been designed, there is a total lack of application of the principles of safety integration.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
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: 01/06/2014
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