Climbing harness
Wild Country · Syncro Harness
Hobby/sports equipmentInjuries
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- UK
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- Yes
Requirements breached
The waist belt buckle can slip under load, resulting in the climber falling from a significant height, leading to serious injury or death. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: ManufacturerIn force from: 20 July 2016
Product
- Description
- Climbing harness individually packaged. Recall notice: www.wildcountry.com/en/wild-country-syncro-harness-recall
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0964/16 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2016-032
- Published
- 3 August 2016
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0844/15 from Report 2015-027 has been temporarily removed as the risk is currently being discussed with Member States.
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/220054
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