{
  "alert_number": "0498/06",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0498-06",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-11318",
  "safety_gate_published": "2006-08-10",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2006,
    "week": 31,
    "date": "2006-08-11"
  },
  "category": "Machinery",
  "product": null,
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": null,
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Angle grinder “Man’s friend”Type/model: MF 125-104.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Electric shock, Fire",
  "risk": "This product poses a risk of electric shock because:- during the electric strength test the breakdown occurred (unsatisfactory insulation);- certain internal wires which are not fixed can get into contact with moving parts and get damaged.This grinder also poses a risk of fire because during normal load test the functioning of the machine became abnormal, smoke was emitted through the ventilation holes and the product caught fire.Due to the short-circuit and fire the commutator and the insulation of the stator-coil and armature coil burned down.   This product does not include all required markings.This angle grinder does not comply with the Machinery Directive and the European Standards.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Sales ban, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authority",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Sales ban, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authority.\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Hungary",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": []
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}