{"lang":"en","id":-12682,"reference":"0980/07","notification_type":"A12","published":"2007-10-04T22:00:00.000Z","modified":null,"weekly_report":"Report-2007-39","title":{"text":"Self-inflating life rafts","en":"Self-inflating life rafts","translated":false},"name":{"text":"Self-inflating life rafts","en":"Self-inflating life rafts","translated":false},"name_specific":null,"brands":["BFA MARINE"],"models":["Models: BFA, Baltic, Atlantic, Pacific and XM/BFA OFFSHORE"],"barcodes":[],"batches":[],"category":{"key":"recreational.crafts","source_key":"product.category.recreational.crafts","label":"Recreational crafts","en":"Recreational crafts","translated":false},"category_other":null,"risks":[{"key":"drowning","source_key":"riskType.drowning","label":"Drowning","en":"Drowning","translated":false}],"risk_other":null,"risk_description":{"text":"The product poses a serious risk of drowning because the life raft may not inflate when used, owing to a fault: - in the two valves on each of the two compartments, - on the Y-shaped plastic inflating connection. It seemed that the valve fault originated from assembly in a factory using lubricants which allowed tightening beyond the force recommended by the supplier. When over tightened, the overpressure valves can crack, or even break, after a period of time which is difficult to estimate, but which may apparently be shortened as a function of storage temperature. Concerning the Y-connection, a Y-shaped plastic inflation connection is fitted to a small number of life rafts manufactured. The presence of traces of lubricant detected by analysis suggests that the cause of the faults on the Y-connection is the same as in the case of the valves.","en":"The product poses a serious risk of drowning because the life raft may not inflate when used, owing to a fault: - in the two valves on each of the two compartments, - on the Y-shaped plastic inflating connection. It seemed that the valve fault originated from assembly in a factory using lubricants which allowed tightening beyond the force recommended by the supplier. When over tightened, the overpressure valves can crack, or even break, after a period of time which is difficult to estimate, but which may apparently be shortened as a function of storage temperature. Concerning the Y-connection, a Y-shaped plastic inflation connection is fitted to a small number of life rafts manufactured. The presence of traces of lubricant detected by analysis suggests that the cause of the faults on the Y-connection is the same as in the case of the valves.","translated":false},"legal_provisions":null,"description":{"text":"Self-inflating life rafts manufactured between 1997 and 2002 (serial numbers 10001 – 50180) and between 2002 and April 2007 (serial numbers starting with the prefix XDC).","en":"Self-inflating life rafts manufactured between 1997 and 2002 (serial numbers 10001 – 50180) and between 2002 and April 2007 (serial numbers starting with the prefix XDC).","translated":false},"packaging":null,"origin_country":{"code":"HU","label":"Hungary","en":"Hungary","translated":false},"notifying_country":{"code":"FR","label":"France","en":"France","translated":false},"counterfeit":{"key":"option.no","source_key":"option.no","label":"No","en":"No","translated":false},"sold_online":{"key":"option.no","source_key":"option.no","label":"No","en":"No","translated":false},"online_trader":null,"professional_use":false,"corrigendum":null,"measures":[{"category":{"key":"measure.category.other","source_key":"measure.category.other","label":"Other","en":"Other","translated":false},"details":{"text":"Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer. Press release has been issued.","en":"Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer. Press release has been issued.","translated":false},"type":{"key":"measure.type.voluntary","source_key":"measure.type.voluntary","label":"Voluntary measures","en":"Voluntary measures","translated":false},"taken_by":{"key":"measure.operator.other","source_key":"measure.operator.other","label":"Other","en":"Other","translated":false},"effective":null}],"photos":[{"id":-1229573,"thumb":"https://cdn.weblocally.com/safety-gate/-12682/-1229573-t.webp","full":"https://cdn.weblocally.com/safety-gate/-12682/-1229573-f.webp"}],"url":"https://safety.weblocally.com/en/alert/-12682","api_url":"https://safety.weblocally.com/api/v1/alerts/-12682?lang=en","source_url":"https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-12682","license":"Data © European Union, Safety Gate. Reuse authorised provided the source is acknowledged."}