Please be advised that we received a notice from Petzl on July 21, 2020 that requires immediate inspection of any Petzl Low Stretch Kernmantle Rope in your inventory with Serial Numbers between 18 C 0000000 000 and 20 H 0000000 000
From Petzl’s Website:
One of our clients found 2 critical defects on his Petzl low-stretch kernmantle ropes. To date, no other client has reported similar defects to us, and no accident or injury is known. Please read the information below and, if necessary, inspect your ropes.
Request for inspection of Petzl low-stretch kernmantle ropes:
- AXIS 11 mm
- ASAP’AXIS 11 mm
- PARALLEL 10.5 mm
- VECTOR 12.5 mm
- RAY 12 mm
- SEGMENT 8 mm
- CLUB 200 10 mm
- PUSH 200 9 mm
- TOP 9.8 mm
- LEAD 9.8 mm
- KIT including these ropes
With serial numbers between 18 C 0000000 000 and 20 H 0000000 000
While unpacking new Petzl AXIS 11 mm ropes, one of our customers found the following two defects:
- a deep cut in an AXIS 11 mm rope manufactured in June 2019
- a 2.1-meter scrap of rope taped to one end of an AXIS 11 mm rope manufactured in September 2019
To date, no other client has reported similar defects to us, and no accident or injury is known.
Our in-depth investigation and risk analysis have led us to the following conclusions:
- the two defects occurred on one of our rope-cutting machines
- the two defects have common root causes
- the risk of the two defects occurring is near zero (only a complex sequence of multiple, independent factors could lead to the occurrence of the defects)
- this risk did not exist prior to March 2018
- only the ropes cut on this machine are at risk of these defects
We took immediate corrective actions to eliminate this risk on the production line. Our stock is in the process of being inspected and no further defect has yet been found.
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