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Serious risk Electric shock

Published by Safety Gate 24 Feb 2005In the weekly report of 25 Feb 2005 (week 8, 2005)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
Joke “Shock” ball point pen, looking like a normal ball point pen but producing electric discharges when pressing the push-button.
Risk
Risk of electric shock. The 800 v (1.66kHz) electric discharge presents a danger for sensitive people or having a blood-pressure pace-maker. Absence of information in Spanish.
Measures
  • Withdrawal from the distribution ordered
  • Withdrawal from the distribution ordered
Notifying country
Spain
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0086/05Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0086/05Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0086/05
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0086/05
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2005-8 (XML)
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