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Fidget spinner BMR Group “Hand spinner bluetooth” — risk: burns, chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0933/18
Summary
The battery compartment can easily be opened without the use of any tools and the button cell batteries inside are easily accessible. The battery can also easily overheat if the parts with different polarities are short-circuited. Children might put the button batteries in the mouth and swallow them, causing damage to their gastrointestinal tract or they could suffer burns from the hot surface of the fidget…
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Product
- Pink, green and blue hand spinners with bluetooth LED.
What is the risk?
- The battery compartment can easily be opened without the use of any tools and the button cell batteries inside are easily accessible. The battery can also easily overheat if the parts with different polarities are short-circuited. Children might put the button batteries in the mouth and swallow them, causing damage to their gastrointestinal tract or they could suffer burns from the hot surface of the fidget spinner.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 62115.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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