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Cutter for lawn trimmer - Brogio 2.0

Brogio

MachineryInjuries
Country of origin
Italy
Notifying country
Denmark
Counterfeit
No
Sold online
No
Open the alert on the European Commission website ↗

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

  1. 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
Brogio
Model / type
Brogio 2.0

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.

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-17678

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