Black Diamond Recall select Carabiners (including quickdraws) and Nylon Runners
- Saturday 6th February 2016
Black Diamond have issued the following press release regarding two equipment recalls.
VOLUNTARY RECALL/CALL FOR INSPECTION
Today 4 February 2016, Black Diamond Equipment, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), is voluntarily issuing two recalls. Subject to user inspection are select carabiners (including quickdraws) and Nylon Runners.
There have been no accidents reported involving these products. As the safety of our customer is first priority to Black Diamond, we decided to communicate widely to the public, the media and our retail partners as following.
Nylon-Runners
WHAT HAPPENED?
A Black Diamond dealer contacted us after finding a Nylon Sling with a taped splice. We immediately stopped production and delivery of Nylon Slings and issued a recall.
WHAT IS BLACK DIAMOND DOING?
During the manufacturing process, the tubular nylon webbing used in our Nylon Runners is wound onto spools that may contain multiple strands of nylon webbing. These strands are connected by taped splices that, if undetected in the inspection process, could be included in a finished Nylon Runner.
We have determined the scope of potentially affected units and issued a recall, subject to inspection, of all Nylon Runners potentially affected by the issues we discovered.
Furthermore, we have worked with the webbing manufacturer to eliminate the use of tape splices in the spools of nylon webbing used in our Nylon Runners.
Carabiner
WHAT HAPPENED?
During a routine inspection of product, we discovered a carabiner with an incomplete gate rivet. We immediately stopped production and delivery of all affected carabiners and issued a recall.
WHAT IS BLACK DIAMOND DOING?
We have determined the scope of potentially affected units and issued a recall, subject to inspection, of all carabiners potentially affected by the issues we discovered.
Furthermore, we have undertaken a complete review of our carabiner inspection process to ensure that individual testing of carabiners is properly implemented. For added security, product that has gone through this more rigorous testing process has been labeled with a green sticker. All products shipped after the date of this recall will have a green sticker.
INSPECTION PROCEDURES FOR THE CARABINERS
Black Diamond is asking you to inspect for the following:
- For solid gate carabiners: gates are properly riveted.
- For wiregate carabiners: gate wire ends are properly formed.
- For screwgate locking carabiners: the gates and locking sleeves are assembled correctly and function properly.
- All carabiner gates fully close when released from any position.
Further inspection information, FAQ and the claim process can be found at
http://warranty.bdel.com/RunnerRecall/Landing
and
http://warranty.bdel.com/CarabinerRecall/Landing.