For the safety of its customers Wild Country is issuing an immediate and voluntary recall of certain batches of Wild Country Classic Rocks and Anodised Rocks.
Anyone who purchased a Wild Country Classic Rocks and/or Anodised Rocks any time from January 2010 onwards is being advised to visit the company’s Web site to check whether the product is from one of the affected batches.
Affected parties can go direct to a Rocks Recall page at http://bit.ly/GCt0sr
Martin Atkinson, Managing Director of Wild Country, outlined the reasons for the recall:
“Following a recent failure in use of a Classic Rock, in which fortunately no injury occurred, we conducted an in depth investigation and an extensive testing program. Following the testing of over 17,000 Rocks we found some units that did not achieve their rated strength which varies, depending upon the size, from 4kN to 12kN. In a very small number of cases the failure load was below the units rated strength and in some cases below 7kN; a peak load that can be realistically achieved during a fall.”
