Scripto- Although, other pen companies make this same clip. pens and pencils
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Mar 29, 2016. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Mar 29, 2016the latest report was made
- Mar 29, 2016the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Scripto- Although, other pen companies make this same clip.
- Maker
- CALICO BRANDS, INC.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Pens and pencilsCPSC’s product type: Pens and Pencils (code 1685), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Office Supplies
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| March 2016 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Emergency room Made Mar 29, 2016, sent to the company Apr 6, 2016, published by CPSC Apr 27, 2016
The product, in the report: The product is an ink pen, specifically pen’s that have a hollowed clip which would hook to a shirt, where the company’s logo is placed inside with another plastic piece.
My son had a pen and was drawing. He put the top part of the pen in his mouth, like many adults even do, and must have bit down inside the hollowed clip part where the plastic SCRIPTO logo was located. It had a little give to it so it ended up bouncing back and trapping part of his top lip inside the clip of the pen. He was bleeding and screaming. We called the ambulance whose paramedics would not take the pen off themselves but wanted to drive us to the ER where the doctors could figure out how to remove the pen from his lip. It took three doctors to pry the pen off of his lip.
I contacted Scripto with this information. They seemed helpful at first and asked me to send along pictures and the pen itself since I had brought it home with me after it was removed from my son’s lip. After I sent it, I waited to hear back. More than six months later with numerous unanswered/hang up phone calls to their person, [REDACTED], who handles these situations, I finally go ahold of him through Scripto. He told me he was not responsible for this, that he was sorry about my son, but that he couldn’t help anymore, and that we would have to agree to disagree. I told him that I would have likes the respect for him to at least call me back and let me know this information since it had been more than six months. He said he was busy and had a lot to do.
While Scripto itself is not making pens anymore, I just saw a University that had pens out at their booth in February 2016 with the same type of clip. If pen companies don’t know about this clip, then they won’t know about the dangers. They will continue making them, and more people could potentially get hurt.
- Bought from
- CALICO BRANDS, INC., California
- Where
- Roanoke, Virginia: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 1, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Scripto- Although, other pen companies make this same clip., made or sold by CALICO BRANDS, INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
CPSC’s disclaimer
Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.
Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.