SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Explosion / rupture

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180706-EE1E7-2147386970. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Product: Anchor Hocking Anchor Hocking 1-cup Glass Measuring Cup (Anchor Hocking Glass Measuring Cup (I-cup size)). Incident: On Wednesday, 4 July 2018, while preparing our family's July 4th meal, an Anchor Hocking glass measuring cup exploded in my hand, for no apparent reason. I took the cup out of the cabinet and ran it under the tap. When I first put it under, the water was still cool. It gradually warmed up to hot, but our water heater is not set too high. So, it's not like the water was boiling -- it wasn't even too hot for my hands -- but while I was holding the glass measuring cup under the tap, it suddenly exploded, sending tiny shards of glass all over my kitchen and into my hand! This was a brand new measuring cup, which had been used maybe 2-3 times before this happened. It had not been dropped and had no cracks or chips. I had to finish cooking my meal with multiple band aids and gloves on my hand! It took two days and a lot of effort using tweezers and a magnifying glass, but I finally got all of the pieces of glass out of my hand. I'm filing this report because 1) It's not like I put a cold measuring cup into boiling hot water. Like I said, when I first started running the water from the tap, the water was still cool. It gradually warmed up to hot. And 2) Aren't these glass measuring cups supposed to be tempered glass, able to withstand boiling temperatures and even the oven??? So, how on earth did it shatter under running tap water?? 3) After doing a quick search online to try and figure out why this happened, I noticed there are, literally, hundreds of similar reports about Anchor Hocking and [REDACTED] glass dishes shattering unexpectedly. Supposedly, they changed the formula for