Angle grinder
Straus Austria
Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shock
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Hungary
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of electric shock because: - the insulation is insufficient and electric breakdown can occur between accessible metal parts and live parts; - the protecting sleeves for wires are not fixed and if they come out of place the wires could touch metal parts. The product does not comply with the Machinery Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 60745.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Angle grinder.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1835/10 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2010-49
- Published
- 9 December 2010
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum Notification 1479/10 of report 40 of 2010 has been permanently removed from the RAPEX system and from the RAPEX website following additional information on the risk assessment provided by the authorities.
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-18096
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