A flail-type cutting attachment for portable hand-held brush cutters — model morniningraintech — with two metal chains (origin: People’s Republic of China) has been flagged in Poland. Bolts or rivets holding the chains can break, allowing chains to detach during use and hit the user, causing injuries; the product does not comply with the Machinery Directive or Commission Decision 2012/32/EU. The action indicated is removal from online marketplace (voluntary, other).
What's being recalled
Flail-type cutting attachment with two metal chains.
Country of origin: People's Republic of China.
How to identify it
Safety Gate alert SR/02060/26
Type or model: morniningraintech
The hazard
The bolts or rivets attaching the chains to the flail-cutter could break. The chains might consequently detach during use and hit the user causing injuries.
The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive nor with the Commission Decision 2012/32/EU prohibiting the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters.
What to do
Removal from online marketplace (voluntary, other).
The official notice
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