Dubai: Farouk Fayyad
The Ministry of Economy launched a campaign to notify and recall 17 metric saws, which are classified as industrial machines, for technical defects and for public safety purposes.
The Ministry was notified of the corrective action regarding the professional use of the DeWalt miter saw, Model DH5780; This is in cooperation with the agency dedicated to selling the product (Black & Decker “DeWalt”), of Taiwanese origin and manufactured between 2019-2022.
The ministry explained: The affected products are professional-use miter saws. A small number of broken back protectors were identified in the finished units through De Walt’s internal quality procedures; Where an investigation was conducted, including analysis of broken parts, which established processing problems that caused plastic brittleness at the supplier of the back guard parts, De Walt determined that in rare cases, parts of the back guard assembly could break or separate and come into contact with a blade saw. If this occurs during operation, fragments of the rear guard assembly may be thrown from a rotating blade and could come into contact with the operator or a bystander, presenting a potential injury hazard. The probability of infection of users was rated as low.
De Walt called on end users; to stop using the product and contact our customer service team, to obtain a free repair kit; The agency will work with its distributors and retailers to make them aware of this recall campaign, including providing labels for in-store use and sample formulation for use on their website. To ensure that end users are informed of this issue, DeWalt will contact them directly.
DeWalt will update its website to provide more details about this issue and the actions end users should take. De Walt is asking affected users in the UAE to stop using their miter saw and check the model.
In another context, the Ministry, in cooperation with “Gargash Enterprises” and the Emirates Motor Company, recalled 441 “Mercedes-Benz” vehicles of various models due to technical defects and public safety reasons.
The Ministry indicated that it had recalled 53 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Model 213 vehicles, 43 E-Class Coupe Convertible vehicles, 267 CLS Class 257 vehicles, and 78 AMG GT4DOORS COPE Vehicles Model 290; Where the defect is that in some of the recalled vehicles, the electrical connector for the transmission may not be directed according to specifications, and the company, through its affiliate partners; Check the transmission electrical connector, check the transmission electrical connector and tighten it if necessary.