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Altec industries

Official notice

9 Jul 2012

Last checked

9 Jul 2012

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Altec industries. On certain aerial devices installed on utility service vehicles (to elevate personnel in order to facilitate working on overhead service lines, for tree trimming, etc.), the lower boom could crack near the pivot and fail. This could allow the boom to fall, causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Authorized service centers will inspect and, if necessary, install a boom stiffener kit. Published 2012-07-09.

What to do now

Please see corrective actions section below

Recall number

70976

Official notice

2012-07-09

The hazard

On certain aerial devices installed on utility service vehicles (to elevate personnel in order to facilitate working on overhead service lines, for tree trimming, etc.), the lower boom could crack near the pivot and fail. This could allow the boom to fall, causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Authorized service centers will inspect and, if necessary, install a boom stiffener kit.

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Recall Numbers

70976

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 1993, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Product 2

Year: 1994, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Product 3

Year: 1995, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Product 4

Year: 1996, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Product 5

Year: 1997, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Product 6

Year: 1998, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Product 7

Year: 1999, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Product 8

Year: 2000, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Product 9

Year: 2001, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Product 10

Year: 2002, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Product 11

Year: 2003, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Product 12

Year: 2004, Make: ALTEC, Model: AA755

Risk / hazard

On certain aerial devices installed on utility service vehicles (to elevate personnel in order to facilitate working on overhead service lines, for tree trimming, etc.), the lower boom could crack near the pivot and fail. This could allow the boom to fall, causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Authorized service centers will inspect and, if necessary, install a boom stiffener kit.

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

VEHICLES

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

70976

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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