Children’s climbing helmet
BEAL · ‘Mercury Kid’ helmet
Protective equipmentInjuries
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- France
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The vertical impact energy absorption capacity is insufficient and the retention system is inadequate.
Requirements breached
Consequently, the helmet does not provide sufficient protection in case of an impact and the user might suffer from head injuries. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and the relevant European Standard EN 12492.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Importer
Product
- Description
- Children’s climbing and mountaineering helmet.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1366/18 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2018-038
- Published
- 13 September 2018
- Corrigendum
- Corrigenda: Notification A12/0914/18 from Report-2018-028 has been updated to reflect more accurately the non-compliance and the resulting risk for consumers. The product category in notification A11/0147/17 from Report 2017-51 has been modified at the request of the notifying country.
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