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Altec industries

Official notice

11 Jul 2018

Last checked

11 Jul 2018

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Altec industries. On certain aerial devices, the upper fibreglass boom could fail. This could increase the risk of injury to the operator or any bystanders. Correction: Owners will be sent instructions on how to inspect for fibreglass degradation. If no fibreglass degradation is found the unit can continue to be used but must be inspected monthly until the unit can be inspected by Altec. Published 2018-07-11.

What to do now

Please see corrective actions section below

Recall number

68252

Official notice

2018-07-11

The hazard

On certain aerial devices, the upper fibreglass boom could fail. This could increase the risk of injury to the operator or any bystanders. Correction: Owners will be sent instructions on how to inspect for fibreglass degradation. If no fibreglass degradation is found the unit can continue to be used but must be inspected monthly until the unit can be inspected by Altec.

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Recall Numbers

68252

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Affected products

Product 1

2004 | ALTEC | AERIAL DEVICES, 2005 | ALTEC | AERIAL DEVICES

Risk / hazard

On certain aerial devices, the upper fibreglass boom could fail. This could increase the risk of injury to the operator or any bystanders. Correction: Owners will be sent instructions on how to inspect for fibreglass degradation. If no fibreglass degradation is found the unit can continue to be used but must be inspected monthly until the unit can be inspected by Altec.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Brand

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Altec.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

HOME

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

68252

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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