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Mammut Recalls Crevasse Rescue Devices Due to Risk of Injury is CPSC recall #14118, announced on February 27, 2014. The CPSC cites the following hazard: The recall involves Mammut's RescYou crevasse rescue devices with batch numbers 12-12 and 03-13. The crevasse rescue devices are pulley systems used for ski mountaineering and mountain climbing to lift a skier or climber who has fallen into a crevasse. The rescue device consists of blue- and silver-finished mechanical ascenders, each using a cam that grabs a lifting rope, allowing the rope to slide only in one direction. The ascenders are connected by an orange rope threaded through pulleys. "MAMMUT RESCYOU" and the batch number are printed in white on the side of the blue ascender. The remedy is consumers should immediately stop using the recalled rescyou devices and contact mammut for a free replacement crevasse rescue device.. Affected brand: Mammut Sports Group, Inc.
The recall involves Mammut's RescYou crevasse rescue devices with batch numbers 12-12 and 03-13. The crevasse rescue devices are pulley systems used for ski mountaineering and mountain climbing to lift a skier or climber who has fallen into a crevasse. The rescue device consists of blue- and silver-finished mechanical ascenders, each using a cam that grabs a lifting rope, allowing the rope to slide only in one direction. The ascenders are connected by an orange rope threaded through pulleys. "MAMMUT RESCYOU" and the batch number are printed in white on the side of the blue ascender.
Affected products
Mountain climbing rescue devices
Recalled brands
Mammut Sports Group, Inc
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled RescYou devices and contact Mammut for a free replacement crevasse rescue device.
Recall date
February 27, 2014
CPSC recall #14118 covers Mammut Recalls Crevasse Rescue Devices Due to Risk of Injury, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on February 27, 2014. The CPSC cites the following hazard: The recall involves Mammut's RescYou crevasse rescue devices with batch numbers 12-12 and 03-13. The crevasse rescue devices are pulley systems used for ski mountaineering and mountain climbing to lift a skier or climber who has fallen into a crevasse. The rescue device consists of blue- and silver-finished mechanical ascenders, each using a cam that grabs a lifting rope, allowing the rope to slide only in one direction. The ascenders are connected by an orange rope threaded through pulleys. "MAMMUT RESCYOU" and the batch number are printed in white on the side of the blue ascender.
The CPSC remedy for recall #14118 is consumers should immediately stop using the recalled rescyou devices and contact mammut for a free replacement crevasse rescue device.. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions in the official CPSC notice.
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The primary source is the official CPSC notice at https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2014/Mammut-Recalls-Crevasse-Rescue-Devices. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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