Recall: Overstock.com Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards
Overstock.com Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards
Consumers should stop using this product, which is being recalled voluntarily, unless otherwise instructed.
Recall Summary
Name of product:Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets
Hazard:When two or more magnets are swallowed, they can link together inside a child's intestines and clamp onto body tissues, causing intestinal obstructions, perforations, sepsis and death. Internal injury from magnets can pose serious lifelong health effects.
Overstock.com Inc. at e-mail miscellaneous@overstock.com or online at www.overstock.com for more information.
Report an Incident Involving this ProductRecall Details
Units
539
Description
This recall involves high-powered magnets sets with the brand name Buckyballs. The sets contain 216 silver-colored, spherical rare earth magnets, each about five millimeters in diameter.
Incidents/Injuries
Overstock has received no reports of injuries. CPSC has received 54 reports of incidents involving children ingesting high-powered magnets resulting in 53 reports of medical intervention.
Remedy
Overstock.com will contact each purchasing customer directly to coordinate the recall. Consumers should stop using the recalled high-powered magnet sets immediately, take all associated individual magnets away from children and teenagers, and contact Overstock.com for a full refund.
Sold at
Overstock.com and retailers nationwide from November 2010 through July 2012 for about $20.
Importer
Maxfield & Oberton LLC
Manufactured in
China
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product onSaferProducts.gov
CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $900 billion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals - contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
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