Entrapment, Injuries, Strangulation

Safety gate for children

North States Industries
Safety gate for childrenSafety gate for children
Case number
A12/1357/16
Category
Childcare articles and children's equipment
Type / Model
8670; MS UNIQUE
Batch
02610708670
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
Iceland
Country of origin
🇺🇸 United States
Published
2016-10-28

⚠️ Risk

null The safety gate is not sufficiently high: a child can climb over it and fall. Moreover, it can break or 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

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end usersDate of entry into force: 06/09/2016

Plastic safety gate for children and pets.