InfoCons Consumer Protection Alert: CS – Attachment for brush cutter

CS – Attachment for brush cutter

Name: No Name Provided

Category: 10

Date: 2025-03-14

Product Category: Machinery

Risk Type: Injuries

Danger: The rivets attaching the knives to the flail-cutter can easily break. The knives might consequently detach during use and hit the user, causing injuries. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive nor with the Commission Decision 2012/32/EU prohibiting the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters.

Measures: Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Removal of this product listing by the online marketplaceDate of entry into force: 03/03/2025

Description: Attachment for brush cutters, intended for trimming and cutting lawn edges or other vegetation. The cutting attachment comprises six mobile knives that can be used for cutting when they rotate at high speed. Product sold online, in particular via AliExpress (identification number: 1005007181312011).

Notifying Country: Poland

Country of Origin: People’s Republic of China

Alert Type: Consumer

Alert Level: Serious risk

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