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Machinery

Serious risk Electric shock, Fire, Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 24 Aug 2006In the weekly report of 25 Aug 2006 (week 33, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
Electric drilling machine “MAN’S FRIEND”.Type/model: Unknown.
Risk
The product poses a risk of:- <u>electric shock</u> because during thermal test, in the course of normal operation the insulations damaged causing a breakdown between the accessible metal parts and live parts;- <u>fire</u> because the mains cable cannot be fixed firmly in the connecting terminals; during the thermal test, the product emitted smoke and flame and stopped;- <u>injury</u> because the instructions for use do not contain the majority of provisions required for the safe use and certain provisions are unclear or contain contradictory instructions (e.g., maintenance instructions that may be dangerous in the lack of expertise or proper tools).This product does not comply with the Machinery Directive and the European Standard EN 60745.
Measures
  • Sales ban, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authority
Notifying country
Hungary
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0539/06
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0539/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-33 (XML)
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