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Glue gun – Workers Best “Hot-Melt Gun 40W”

Serious risk Electric shock

Published by Safety Gate 29 Jul 2014In the weekly report of 8 Aug 2014 (week 31, 2014)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Glue gun
Brand
Workers Best
Brand as notified
WORKERS BEST
Name
Hot-Melt Gun 40W
Type / model
1032272
Batch
9 005426 319447
Barcode
9005426319447
Description
The glue gun has a blue plastic cover, orange trigger and metal support bracket.Main parts of the glue gun: metal nozzle; directly mains-operated heating element; two-wire, double insulated, approx. 132 cm long mains supply cable (without marking); two-pole flat plug (with marking: 2.5A250V~, Y00
Risk
null The product poses a risk of electric shock because live parts are accessible, which is due to insufficient insulation between the live parts and the accessible parts. In addition, the dimensions of the plug may lead the user to touch its pin when connecting it.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market
  • Recall of the product from end users · from 24 May 2014
Notifying country
Hungary
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1192/14Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1192/14Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1192/14
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1192/14
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2014-031 (XML)
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