
Cutter for lawn trimmer - Brogio 2.0
Brogio
MachineryInjuries
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Notifying country
- Denmark
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of injuries because: - the chains affixed to the cutter are subject to high stresses during normal use and could, as a result of wear and tear, break and be projected at high speed; - the guard of lawn trimmers is not normally designed to withstand the high kinetic energy of projected parts of a metal chain. Fatal accident with a similar product reported in the UK. The product does not comply with the Machinery Directive.
Measures taken
- Voluntary stop of sales and recall from consumers. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Cutter to be fitted to a lawn trimmer. It is used instead of a rotating plastic thread in order to be able to cut branches and bushes instead of grass. Sold in a white cardboard box.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1407/10 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2010-37
- Published
- 16 September 2010
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum Notification 1030/10 from report 27 of 2010 has been temporarily removed from the RAPEX website pending the clarification of the risk.
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