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Fidget spinner — injuries risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskInjuriesJul 21, 2017
Photo from the official notice: Fidget spinner — injuries risk
Photo from the official notice: Fidget spinner — injuries risk
Photo from the official notice: Fidget spinner — injuries risk
Photo from the official notice: Fidget spinner — injuries risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The battery compartments can easily be opened without use of any tools and the button cells inside are easily accessible. Children might put them in the mouth and swallow them, causing damage to their gastrointestinal tract. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standards EN 62115.

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Importer (26/06/2017)
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor (26/06/2017)

Product description

Plastic fidget spinner available in different colours with three battery-powered LED modules, each provided with a black on/off switch. Some batches of the same product bear a reference and a bar code whereas others do not. The spinner is sold in a white cardboard box.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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