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Mechanix Wear Duradide M-PACT Leather Protect gloves — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalMar 21, 2025
Photo from the official notice: Mechanix Wear Duradide M-PACT Leather Protect gloves — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Mechanix Wear Duradide M-PACT Leather Protect gloves — chemical risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The leather in the product contains chromium VI (measured value: 31.1 mg/kg). Chromium (VI) is sensitising, can trigger allergic reactions and can cause cancer. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.

Measures taken

  • Recall of the product from end users — Distributor (07/02/2025)
  • Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace — Distributor (07/02/2025)
  • Stop of sales — Distributor (07/02/2025)

Product description

All-purpose gloves, fingers and palms made of yellow-brown leather; slit in the leather of the index finger; the inside of the palm is a black textile while the inside of the fingers is a yellow-brown leather. Product sold online, in particular via www.bauhaus

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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