Overstock.com Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards
USOverstock.com Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards
Reason for Recall / 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.
Product Description & Identification
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.
Affected Products
Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets
Additional Source Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2013/Overstock-Recalls-High-Powered-Magnet-Sets |
| Title | Overstock.com Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards |
| Images › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/1-13731 Overstock Alert Buckyballs Original LARGE.jpg |
| Images › Caption | Buckyballs high-powered magnet set |
| Hazards › Name | 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. |
| Injuries › Name | 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. |
| Products › Name | Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets |
| Products › Type | Magnets |
| Products › Category I D | 2035 |
| Products › Number Of Units | 539 |
| Recall I D | 1503 |
| Remedies › Name | 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. |
| Importers › Name | Maxfield & Oberton LLC |
| Retailers › Name | Overstock.com and retailers nationwide from November 2010 through July 2012 for about $20. |
| Recall Date | 2013-04-15T00:00:00 |
| 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. |
| Recall Number | 13731 |
| Remedy Options › Option | Refund |
| Consumer Contact | Overstock.com Inc. at e-mail miscellaneous@overstock.com or online at www.overstock.com for more information. |
| Last Publish Date | 2014-05-23T00:00:00 |
| Manufacturer Countries › Country | China |
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