Flail-type cutting attachments for brush cutters
MachineryInjuries
- Notifying country
- Hungary
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The chains are unprotected and could break during use. Consequently, the user could be hit by the head or the broken pieces of the chain saw and be injured.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive nor with those of Commission Decision 2012/32/EU prohibiting the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 23 February 2023
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 23 February 2023
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 28 November 2022
Product
- Description
- Flail-type cutting attachment with 2 chains for portable hand-held brush cutters. Diameter: 330 mm.
- Packaging
- No packaging.
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/01713/23 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2023-30
- Published
- 26 July 2023
- Modified
- 26 July 2023
- Corrigendum
- At the request of the notifying authority, notification A12/01719/23 has been withdrawn.
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