Official recall record

3m 5e 11 face shield

OPSS (UK) · 2024-04-12 · United KingdomProduct Safety Report

Issuing authority: OPSS (UK)
Alert date: 2024-04-12
Country of alert: United Kingdom
Alert level: Product Safety Report
Alert type: Product safety report
Brand on record: 3M

What the authority reported

During high-speed particle impact testing conducted in accordance with EN 166 for B-marked face shields, some 5E-11 Face shields (with a manufacture date of December 2021) were breaking. The breaking occurred at 120 m/s when impacted on the side(s) of the face shield only. The non-compliance relates to the visor not passing the above mentioned side impact test only. 3M have established that 30 single 5E-11 units with a manufacture date of December 2021 were sold to UK distributors.

What to do

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Record last checked against the registry on 2026-06-05.

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