{
  "alert_number": "A12/0594/16",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0594-16",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/206865",
  "safety_gate_published": "2016-05-11",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2016,
    "week": 20,
    "date": "2016-05-20"
  },
  "category": "Hobby/sports equipment",
  "product": "Ascender",
  "brand_as_notified": "Black Diamond",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Black Diamond",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/blackdiamond"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Index",
  "model": "Right (model number 620003) and left (model number 620004) versions.",
  "batch": "Manufactured between 22 December 2014 and 25 February 2016; manufacturer's codes from 4356 to 6015.",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Climbing equipment: ascender",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "null The rivets attaching the toothed cam to the ascender body may not have been fitted correctly. The cam and indeed the entire ascender may therefore become detached from the rope. There is also a risk that the rivets which attach the safety catch to the toothed cam have not been fitted correctly, thus increasing the risk that the ascender may become detached from the rope. If the ascender becomes detached from the rope, the user could fall from a height resulting in serious or fatal injury.The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Directive.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Manufacturer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "13 Apr 2016"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer\nCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: 13/04/2016",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Austria",
  "country_of_origin": "United States",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "Manufactured between 22 December 2014 and 25 February 2016; manufacturer's codes from 4356 to 6015."
    ],
    "models": [
      "Right (model number 620003) and left (model number 620004) versions."
    ]
  },
  "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."
}