OPSS High Pressure equipment vessels
Product Safety Report: PCL Push Button Safety (PBS) Coupling (2605-0179)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS):
Reason for the recall
- The product presents a risk of injuries because the internal mechanism can jam open, allowing mains air pressure to flow through the coupling while the adaptor remains unlatched.
Reasonsee the original notice
BrandPCL
Batch number(s)not stated
Barcodenot stated
Product
PCL Push Button Safety (PBS) Coupling
- Brand
- PCL
- Name / model
- numbers
- Category
- Pressure equipment vessels
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Type of recall
- Product safety report
- Summary
- Product: PCL Push Button Safety (PBS) Coupling
- Hazard: The product presents a risk of injuries because the internal mechanism can jam open, allowing mains air pressure to flow through the coupling while the adaptor remains unlatched.
- Corrective action: The product has been withdrawn from the market pending a redesign. Safety instructions have been updated.
- Product information
- Type
- Pressure equipment / vessels - Industrial Pressure Equipment and Replacement Parts/Accessories
- Brand
- PCL
- Model numbers
- PBS-2106, PBS-2108, PBS-2110, PBS-2113, PBS-21CF, PBS-21CM, PBS-21EF, PBS-21EM, PBS-21JF, PBS-21JM
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Product Description
- A push button safety (PBS) coupling used to connect portable pneumatic equipment to mains air supply for fixed application and trailing hose applications.
- Product Report and Image
- Link to product image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product presents a risk of injuries because the internal mechanism can jam open if the adaptor is inserted sufficiently ”out of line.” This allows mains air pressure to flow through the coupling while the adaptor remains unlatched.
- This product is not compliant with the Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016.
- Corrective action
- The product has been withdrawn from the market pending a redesign. Safety instructions have been updated.
- A Safety Alert has been issued to the Distributor Network for onward communication. This Alert can be viewed here: Push Button Safety Coupling - Safety Alert - PCL
- Additional information
- PSD notification number: 2605-0179
- Notified by: Health and Safety Executive
What to do
- The product has been withdrawn from the market pending a redesign. Safety instructions have been updated.
- Product information
- Type
- Pressure equipment / vessels - Industrial Pressure Equipment and Replacement Parts/Accessories
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
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