Description: flail-type cutting attachments with 6 knives for portable brush cutters.
Risks: the rivets that secure the cutting knives to the blade could break. As a result, the knives may become detached during use and hit the user.
The product does not comply with Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and Commission Decision 2012/32/EU prohibiting the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters.
Action adopted: the measures adopted consist in withdrawing the product from the market (Denmark).
COMMISSION DECISION 2012/32/EU
Article 1
Member States shall prohibit the placing on the market of flail- type cutting attachments consisting of several linked metal parts for portable hand-held brush cutters.