Proactive market surveillance of hand-held electric disk grinders completed

Market Surveillance Agency of BiH and market inspections of the BiH entities and Brčko District of BiH completed joint market surveillance of hand-held electric disk grinders. Market Surveillance Agency of BiH and market inspections of the BiH entities and Brčko District of BiH completed joint market surveillance of hand-held electric disk grinders. This is one of the two product groups covered by the Order on the safety of machinery (Official Gazette of BiH, 04/10), that were subject to surveillance carried out in 2021 and early 2022. The aim of the market surveillance was to determine whether the hand-held electric disk grinders placed on the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina are safe to use.  

During the implementation of proactive surveillance, 8 inspection controls were carried out and 7 models/types of hand-held electric disk grinders were controlled. Laboratory tests showed that 1 type of disk grinders (14%) did not comply with the safety requirements of the Order on the safety of machinery and it posed a risk of injuries to users.

Competent inspection body ordered temporary withdrawal of the non-compliant products from the market until the non-compliances are removed. Economic operator removed the non-compliances in the non-compliant disk grinders (total of 21 products) in accordance with provisions of the Order on the safety of machinery.