OPSS Not provided Personal protective equipment ppe
Product Recall: Giro Sport Design Giro Merit Bicycle Helmet (2302-0136)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS): · Ref. 2302-0136
Reason for the recall
- The helmet straps on certain Giro Merit Helmets manufactured prior to January 2023 may disengage with the helmet when pulled with relatively little force, posing a risk of injury to the user in a crash.
Reasonsee the original notice
BrandGiro
Batch number(s)not stated
Barcodenot stated
Product
Giro Sport Design Giro Merit Bicycle Helmet
- Brand
- Giro
- Category
- Personal protective equipment ppe
- Type of recall
- Product recall
- Summary
- Product: Giro Sport Design Giro Merit Bicycle Helmet
- Hazard: The helmet straps on certain Giro Merit Helmets manufactured prior to January 2023 may disengage with the helmet when pulled with relatively little force, posing a risk of injury to the user in a crash.
- Corrective action: Recall of the product from end users.
- Product information
- Type
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) – Bicycle helmet
- Brand
- Giro
- Product identifiers
- Giro Merit Helmets (which can be identified by looking on the outside of the helmet for the model name “Merit” or by looking at the inner helmet stickers with helmet information like the model name “Merit” and the alphanumeric indicator GH230) manufactured prior to February 2023.
- Product Description
- Bicycle helmets available in Navy, black, grey and white
- Product Report and Image
- Link to product image and PDF
- Hazard
- Giro has reason to believe that there is a risk of the helmet straps on certain Giro Merit Helmets manufactured prior to January 2023 disengaging with the helmet when pulled with relatively little force, posing a risk of injury to the user in a crash.
- Corrective action
- Recall of the product from end users. For more information, please see https://www.giro.com/news/cycling/merit-helmet-voluntary-recall.html#:~:text=Bell%20Sports%2C%20Inc.,the%20user%20in%20a%20crash
- Additional information
- PSD case number: 2302-0136
- Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
What to do
- Recall of the product from end users.
- Product information
- Type
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) – Bicycle helmet
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
Source: Office for Product Safety and Standards, GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. EU Safety Radar is an independent information service; the text above presents the official data in the original language — the notice published by the authority is authoritative.
Open the original notice (www.gov.uk) ↗ Official document (PDF) ↗