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General Goods Packaged With elastic luggage straps — injuries risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskInjuriesDec 18, 2015
Photo from the official notice: General Goods Packaged With elastic luggage straps — injuries risk

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

Hazard

The straps pull out of the hook mountings easily when under tension, causing the elasticated straps to recoil and hit the user, or causing the fixed load to fall, leading to injuries and accidents. The product does not comply with the relevant standard BS AU 258.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other (20/11/2015)

Product description

Elastic luggage straps; 2 items in each package. The luggage straps are 1 meter long and end with metal hooks. The product is sold in transparent packaging closed with a paper label.

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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