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3M™ Organic Gas and Vapour 6059 Filter, ABEK1 — health risk

UK OPSSMedium riskOther health riskMay 25, 2023
Photo from the official notice: 3M™ Organic Gas and Vapour 6059 Filter, ABEK1 — health risk
Photo from the official notice: 3M™ Organic Gas and Vapour 6059 Filter, ABEK1 — health risk
Photo from the official notice: 3M™ Organic Gas and Vapour 6059 Filter, ABEK1 — health risk
Photo from the official notice: 3M™ Organic Gas and Vapour 6059 Filter, ABEK1 — health risk
Photo from the official notice: 3M™ Organic Gas and Vapour 6059 Filter, ABEK1 — health risk

Photos from the official notice: UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (GOV.UK) · image rights

Hazard

The manufacturer (3M) identified a number of the Organic Gas and Vapour 6059 ABEK1 filters have damage to the filter casing resulting in potential reduced gas and vapour and/or particulate performance when tested to the performance requirements of EN 14387:2004 and A1:2008. The affected filters have damage to the filter casing where it meets the filter lid and the pre-use checks in the User instructions are expected to identify the damage in most cases. The affected filters do not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018.

Remedy

This product is subject to a product recall by the manufacturer and users have been asked to check if they possess any of the 3M™ 6059 Series Organic Gas and Vapour filters from the batches identified and stop use immediately and remove them from service and inventory. For further information, please see: www.3m.co.uk/3M/en_GB/worker-health-safety-uk/news-events/full-story/?storyid=3684684d-4cbd-48c0-94e6-966abbad9e03

Product recall

Measures taken

  • Recall of product from end users

Product description

A reusable respirator filter designed to provide a level of respiratory protection for the user from certain, defined hazards.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and follow the corrective action above: contact the retailer or supplier for a repair, replacement or refund. This notice was published by the UK Office for Product Safety and Standards.

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