Product Recall: 3M™ Heavy Duty Breathing Tubes (2312-0073)

Product Recall for 3M™ Heavy Duty Breathing Tubes presenting a health risk.

Summary

Product: 3M™ Heavy Duty Breathing Tubes

Hazard: A limited number of breathing tubes, sold in certain Powered Air Respirator kits or separately as replacement parts, may have been shipped from 3M in a damaged condition.

Corrective action: Recall of the product from end users.

Product information

Type Personal protective equipment (PPE) – Breathing Tubes
Product identifiers SC-BT-56-ASB, SC-BT-56-ASB-L, SS-BT-55,SC-BT-55-L,SS-BT-44,SC-BT-44-L. See Annex on PDF below for list of stock numbers containing affected breathing tubes.
Country of Origin United Kingdom
Product Description Powered air respiratory breathing tubes
Product Report and Image Link to product image and PDF

Hazard

A limited number of breathing tubes, sold in certain Powered Air Respirator kits or separately as replacement parts, may have been shipped from 3M in a damaged condition.

Corrective action

The manufacturer issued end user and distributor notifications to request all breathing tubes to be checked for signs of damage. The breathing tube should be bent to ensure it is flexible, and inspected for damage including tears, holes, or cracks.

Damaged tubes should be removed from use and replacement requested from authorised distributors.

The Manufacturer has introduced additional inspections before releasing further breathing tubes and kits to the market. The outer shipper case label of the products that have been subject to these additional inspections will be marked with a green sticker. For more information, please see the user advisory notice link: https://www.3m.co.uk/3M/en_GB/worker-health-safety-uk/news-events/full-story/?storyid=6925881e-0c1d-4f27-bcdd-cff1563ce69f

Additional information

PSD number: 2312-0073

Notified by: Health and Safety Executive

Updates to this page

Published 31 January 2024