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Petzl Pirana Descenders

Official notice

27 Mar 2022

Last checked

28 Feb 2022

High riskOPSS

An official OPSS notice concerns Petzl Pirana Descenders. The product presents a risk of drowning in certain situations, where the user lets the rope slide freely through the PIRANA to intentionally drop into the water, the rope runs quickly through the descender and can accidentally get blocked in the PIRANA’s blocking slot. Published 2022-02-28.

What to do now

Petzl have recalled the product from end users. For further information, please access the Petzl website.

Official notice

2022-02-28

The hazard

The product presents a risk of drowning in certain situations, where the user lets the rope slide freely through the PIRANA to intentionally drop into the water, the rope runs quickly through the descender and can accidentally get blocked in the PIRANA’s blocking slot.

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Affected products

Product 1

Descender available in orange and black

Risk / hazard

The product presents a risk of drowning in certain situations, where the user lets the rope slide freely through the PIRANA to intentionally drop into the water, the rope runs quickly through the descender and can accidentally get blocked in the PIRANA’s blocking slot.

Where it was sold

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

Location 1

GB · United Kingdom

Affected area 1

GB · United Kingdom

Source & status

Source

Tier

beta

Category

HOME

Classification

product-recall — not-provided

App estimate

high

Recall details

Classification

product-recall — not-provided

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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