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Swing - Animal Swing - Giraffe or Dragon – Eitech, Elfi Toys, Schommel

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 18 Feb 2010In the weekly report of 19 Feb 2010 (week 7, 2010)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Swing - Animal Swing - Giraffe or Dragon
Brand
Eitech (2 alerts), Elfi Toys, Schommel
Brand as notified
Eitech GmbH / Elfi Toys / Schommel
Type / model
701531
Description
Wooden swing for small children. Made of wood with a head looking like an animal: giraffe or dragon. The head is supplied with hand grips. The swing has a strap to secure the child to the seat. The weight of the toy is approximately 2.2 kg.
Risk
The swing poses a risk of injuries to the heads of children because the impact force from the swing is too high (measured acceleration was 220 g whereas the requirement in EN 71-8 is that it should be less than 50 g). The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures
  • Voluntary stop of sales by the importer
Notifying country
Denmark
Country of origin
The Netherlands
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0281/10Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0281/10
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0281/10
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2010-7 (XML)
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