Magnetic Toy Intestinal Injury Hazard Prompts Recall
Attorney Elliot Olsen has recovered money for children who swallowed magnets that were part of a toy or other product. If two or more magnets are swallowed, they can cause the intestines to knot up or tear. Surgery is often required to remove the magnets and repair the damage.
Contact Pritzker Olsen product safety attorneys if your child has swallowed magnets.
Magnetic Buckyballs Toys Pose Intestinal Injury Hazard
Almost 200,000 Buckyballs High Powered Magnet toy sets are being recalled due to a choking and intestinal perforation hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced.
New York City-based Maxfield and Oberton, LLC is issuing the recall because the magnetic toy sets are non-compliant with ASTM International’s toy safety standard No. F963-08. This industry standard, effective August 2009, regulates the strength of magnets that can be sold to children of certain ages. The Buckyballs toy sets are marketed to children 13 and older, but the strength of the magnets, according to the standard, is too strong for that age group.
Magnetix Recall Over Intestinal Injuries, Death
Magnetix Magnetic Building Sets are associated with one child’s death and at least 27 intestinal injuries since their initial recall in spring 2006, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The powerful magnets in these toy building sets, made by Rose Art Industries Inc., (now known as MEGA Brands America Inc.) can come loose from plastic cases and can stick together inside the intestinal tract of a child who swallows them. This can cause intestinal perforation and blocking.
