Explosion / rupture
Toys, Not Elsewhere Classified (1381)
69 months
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20201212-E0947-2147367502. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Product: DigiBirds. DigiBird? (They were purchased from Walmart under the DigiBirds name but the birds themselves do not have that name on the actual product. Counterfeit/copy? The full description when purchased was "DigiBirds, 3-pack, Set of DigiBirds, Purple Set". I don't have the SKU number. See photos.). Incident: While replacing dead LR44 button cells in a Digibird toy purchased from Walmart, one of the three cells exploded and hit me in the face. The three cells were sitting on the table for a for a few hours before the explosion happened. The other two button cells were swollen and were immediately placed into a container for recycling batteries. The Digibirds were purchased in a set of three and the other two birds had the same batteries. While trying to safely remove the cells from the remaining two birds, one cell in each set of three exploded as they dropped into the container. I was not seriously injured by the battery but lucky it hit my cheek and not my eye. It left a very sore spot on my face and my ear was ringing for hours. This means that anyone with these toys has a ticking time bomb waiting for them if they try to replace the cells.
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Explosion / rupture
Toys, Not Elsewhere Classified (1381)
69 months
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69 months
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