Aerosols (pressurised gas containers) “"Riethmüller" Gas horn.”
Serious risk Damage to hearing
- Product
- Aerosols (pressurised gas containers)
- Name
- "Riethmüller" Gas horn.
- Type / model
- Type/number of model: 550456.
- Description
- The horn consists of a two-part set in a plastic pack. The pack contains a 16 cm long blue plastic horn and a pressurised gas canister, 4 cm in diameter and 14 cm high. The horn is stuck onto the canister when in use.Label: FCKW Frei nicht entflammbares Gas [CFC-free non-flammable gas].
- Risk
- The horns are considered to be dangerous, as the values determined exceed:- the peak sound pressure of 200 Pa, i.e. 140 dB(C), laid down in Directive 2003/10/EC on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (noise) [in this case, at a distance of 10 cm: 155.2 dB(C)] and- the value of 125 dB(C) stipulated in the Toys Standard EN 71, [in this case, at a distance of 50 cm: approximately 141 dB(C)].
- Measures
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market by retailer.Products withdrawn and modified by the manufacturer (yellow marking) have a sound pressure level of only LpCpeak 119 dB at a distance of 50 cm
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Alert type
- Consumer
- Photos
- Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.
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