{
  "alert_number": "A11/00144/22",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a11-00144-22",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10007372",
  "safety_gate_published": "2022-12-15",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2022,
    "week": 51,
    "date": "2022-12-23"
  },
  "category": "Machinery",
  "product": "Wedge log splitter",
  "brand_as_notified": "Timco",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Timco",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/timco"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Fast log splitter",
  "model": "7 T, 51 cm",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Electric wedge log splitter. The product is manufactured in 2021, has a voltage of 230 V, 1.5 kW power, a rated current of 16 A and a frequency of 50 Hz, and weights 86 kg. Product sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Electric shock, Injuries",
  "risk": "The area where log splitting takes place is not protected adequately. A user may introduce his hand or a finger in the area and have it cut by the blades, or have his palm crushed by the machinery. Furthermore, the product is not correctly insulated against ingress of water; hence, the product may short-circuit and the user may receive an electric shock. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive nor with the European standard EN 609-1.",
  "risk_level": "Other risk levels",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "28 Nov 2022"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 28/11/2022",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Finland",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "7 T, 51 cm"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}