Swivel
DMM · Compact Swivel Range
Protective equipmentInjuries
- Country of origin
- UK
- Notifying country
- UK
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The swivel has been assembled incorrectly and the two sides of the swivel could become separated in certain circumstances.
Requirements breached
If coming apart whilst loaded, it could cause the climber to fall and suffer injuries. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive (since 21/04/2018 repealed by the Personal Protective Equipment Regulation) and the relevant European Standard EN 362.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer
Product
- Description
- Nexus swivel body (SW460) with shackles fitted on both sides. Available in 3 configurations - a combination of one small D shaped and one large bow-shaped shackle (product code SW470), two small D shaped shackles (product code SW480) or two larger bow-shaped shackles (product code SW490).
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1819/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-048
- Published
- 26 November 2019
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1741/19 has been temporarily withdrawn from report 47-2019 of 22-11-2019 at the request of the notifying authority while waiting results of further investigation. Notification INFO/0121/19 published on weekly report 2019-44 has been upgraded to article 12 notification (serious risk) with reference number A12/1810/19. The upgrade was done upon request of the notifying authority after providing detailed description of the risk.
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