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3M Scott ELSA, 2000, Emergency Life Support Apparatus — fire risk

UK OPSSLow riskFireJan 21, 2025
Photo from the official notice: 3M Scott ELSA, 2000, Emergency Life Support Apparatus — fire risk

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

Hazard

3M™ Scott™ Fire & Safety has identified a quality issue involving a limited quantity of certain batches of hood assemblies on the 3M™ Scott™ ELSA 2000, Sprint & Muster variants. A limited number of ELSA Hood assemblies have been identified with a seam defect that may cause air to leak from the hood and contaminants from the external environment to flow into the hood. The affected part numbers were supplied between the 29th of June 2023 and the 30th of May 2024 3M confirm that there have been no reports of injuries or accidents associated with this notice.

Remedy

The product has been recalled from end users. 3M has posted a customer advisory notice on their website, for customers and authorised distributors https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/2431239O/3m-psd-scba-elsa-notification-july-2024.pdf advising them to return any defective products to their nearest 3M Scott Authorised Service Centre.

Product recall

Measures taken

  • Recall of product from end users

Product description

The 3M™Scott™ELSA (Emergency Life Support Apparatus) is an escape breathing apparatus which provides a constant supply of air for rapid escape from hazardous industrial and marine environments. It is supplied with a portable compressed air cylinder should the air become unbreathable. A fully charged air cylinder would provide the user with at least 15 minutes of breathable air to leave the hazardous area.

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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