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BALTIC Hammar harness life jacket lifejacket — drowning risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskDrowningMay 16, 2025
Photo from the official notice: BALTIC Hammar harness life jacket lifejacket — drowning risk
Photo from the official notice: BALTIC Hammar harness life jacket lifejacket — drowning risk
Photo from the official notice: BALTIC Hammar harness life jacket lifejacket — drowning risk

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

Hazard

The inflation system does not work sufficiently. In automatic inflation mode, immersion of the trigger device in salt water at a temperature of -1 °C might not trigger inflation. In manual inflation mode, no inflation was observed. This could lead to the user drowning. The product does not comply with the Personal Protection Equipment Regulation nor with the European standard 12402-3.

Measures taken

  • Recall of the product from end users — Distributor (04/04/2025)
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor

Product description

Automatic inflatable life jacket with HAMMAR hydrostatic trigger. All batches are affected.

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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