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Serious risk Electric shock

Published by Safety Gate 9 Feb 2006In the weekly report of 10 Feb 2006 (week 5, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
Joke item – "Shaking stapler /shock stapler/" - "bad/rude joke".Type/model: JB 50522.Remark: Article cannot be used for the purpose of the stapler.
Risk
There is discrepancy between the importer’s instructions for use in Bulgarian and the ones of the manufacturer in English. The manufacturer states that the appliance can be used only by persons aged 14 to 50, without cardiovascular problems, and the importer states that the appliance is suitable for children over the age of 3, i.e., unjustifiably and wilfully specifying it as a toy with a battery. 2. When switched on, the appliance reproduces a series of impulse discharges (voltage of 1000 V and duration of 5 5 μs and voltage of 100 V and duration of 50 μs; each of the impulses having an impulse magnitude of 2.5μС).
Measures
  • Placing on the market prohibited and withdrawal from the market ordered by authority
Notifying country
Bulgaria
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0041/06
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0041/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-5 (XML)
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