Your Stores, your Deals, your Way
Product Recall
Overstock.com Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards
Buckyballs high-powered magnet set
Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets
Recall Date: April 15th, 2013
Type: Magnets
Units: 539
Hazards: 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.
Remedies: Refund
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.
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.
Consumer Contact:
Overstock.com Inc. at e-mail [email protected] or online at www.overstock.com for more information.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.
Retailers:
Overstock.com and retailers nationwide from November 2010 through July 2012 for about $20.
Importers:
Maxfield & Oberton LLC
