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GuardMaster Plastic Mesh Gate safety gate for children — entrapment & injuries risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskEntrapmentInjuriesStrangulationOct 28, 2016
Photo from the official notice: GuardMaster Plastic Mesh Gate safety gate for children — entrapment & injuries risk
Photo from the official notice: GuardMaster Plastic Mesh Gate safety gate for children — entrapment & injuries risk

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

Hazard

The safety gate is not sufficiently high: a child can climb over it and fall. Moreover, it can open unexpectedly due to an inadequate opening mechanism with the risk of a child falling down the stairs, and it has protruding corners where the garments of a child could get caught, causing strangulation. In addition there are gaps and holes where a child's fingers could be trapped.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 1930.

Measures taken

  • Recall of the product from end users — Importer (26/08/2016)

Product description

Pressure-mounted portable safety gate made of wood, for children and pets.

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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