Courtesy Safety Notice Regarding AustriAlpin COBRA Buckles.

Courtesy Safety Notice Regarding AustriAlpin COBRA Buckles.

 

AustriAlpin Vertriebs GmbH recently posted the attached Courtesy Safety Notice (dated 14^th January 2016) regarding AustriAlpin COBRA buckles & how these buckles can be checked.

In an extremely small quantity (0.0000005 % = 1 buckle out of 2 million), a mistake occurred at the rivets.

This notice can also be viewed via the manufacturer’s website page located at:

http://downloads.austrialpin.at/Safety_notice_2016_EN.pdf

 

The buckle manufacturer requests that all their clients and end users of COBRA® buckles to do a visual check, as detailed in the attached Courtesy Safety Notice.

The AustriAlpin COBRA buckles have been on the market for approximately 10years, & used by a variety of harness / PPE manufacturers for a number of equipment models.

AustriAlpin COBRA buckles are also used on The Total Access (UK) Ltd. JAG10 Adjustable Woodpole Anchorage Strop (Product ID 6183), manufactured on or after 23^rd July 2013 (picture also attached).

 

Some of the Harness / PPE manufacturers that use / have used AustriAlpin COBRA buckles include, but are not limited to:

• Cresto; Checkmate; Edelrid; Honeywell Safety Products; P & P Safety; SAR Products; Singing Rock; Skylotec.

 

Some of the Harness / PPE manufacturers that DO NOT use AustriAlpin COBRA buckles include, but are not limited to:

• Capital Safety Group (Sala & Protecta brands); IKAR GB; Mammut; Mittelmann; Petzl; RidgeGear; Spanset; Tractel.

 

 Owners / Users of PPE containing AustriAlpin COBRA buckles, please read the attached notice:

• If any affected buckle is found, please contact the company that supplied you with that item of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on which the AustriAlpin COBRA buckle is located.

 

Total Access (UK) Ltd. apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause.

 

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