{
  "alert_number": "A11/00034/23",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a11-00034-23",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10008027",
  "safety_gate_published": "2023-03-29",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2023,
    "week": 13,
    "date": "2023-03-31"
  },
  "category": "Machinery",
  "product": "Wedge splitter machine",
  "brand_as_notified": "Timco",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Timco",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/timco"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "HLS8T",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Red and black wedge splitter on wheels.  Product also sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "The joints for the hydraulic hoses and hose suspensions are prone to leaks. Such leakages can cause high pressure toxic hydraulic fluid to penetrate through skin and cause local or wider damage to muscles and organs. Moreover, a loosening hydraulic hose may cause a whiplash effect and hit the user. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive nor with the European standards EN 609-1 and EN 4413.",
  "risk_level": "Other risk levels",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "21 Dec 2022"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 21/12/2022",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Finland",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "HLS8T"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}