3m 5e 11 face shield — product safety report 2403-0189 (UK OPSS (Office for Product Safety and Standards))

UK OPSS (Office for Product Safety and Standards) · GB · 2024-04-12 · Product Safety Report

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Reported risk: 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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Primary source: https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-recall-3m-5e-11

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3m 5e 11 face shield — product safety report 2403-0189

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