Overstock.com · Recalled
Overstock.com Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion 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.
- Units
- 539
- Reports
- 54
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $20
- Remedy
- Refund
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Affected
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.
The file
- Sold at
- Overstock.com and retailers nationwide from November 2010 through July 2012 for about $20.
- Product type
- Magnets
- Made in
- China
- Recalled by
- Maxfield & Oberton LLC
Incident log
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.
What the notice says to do
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.
Overstock.com Inc. at e-mail miscellaneous@overstock.com or online at www.overstock.com for more information.
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated APR 15 2013; last revised MAY 23 2014.