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Fruit crusher – Selection

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 15 Jan 2013In the weekly report of 25 Jan 2013 (week 3, 2013)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Fruit crusher
Brand
Selection
Type / model
F15
Batch
Unknown
Description
The product is aimed at the home or small commercial cider maker. It is packaged in a white cardboard box with dimensions 45cm x 35cm x 82cm high, weight 20kg. Fruit is fed through a feed chute and drops down a tube to the fast spinning metal paddle and a rotary cutter.
Risk
null The product does not allow the user to keep a safe distance from the rapidly rotating cutter. The arm of an adult could be inserted into the feed chute past the baffle plates with no difficulty, such that the fingers and the whole hand could come into contact with the cutter.The product does not comply with the Machinery Directive and the relevant European standard EN 13857.
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0066/13
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0066/13
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2013-003 (XML)
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