SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Electrical shock / short

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20240217-99D30-2147340941. Severity: No Incident, No Injury. Product: Hopscotch Lane Hopscotch Lane Whale Light up Fountain Bath Toy (The whale toy a mini fountain. The water absorbing holes soak up the water while the built in sensors activate a sprinkling stream of water out of the blowhole. A built in light brightens up the bathtub with three different colors. The shining light automatically changes between red, blue and green.). Incident: I purchased the Hopscotch Lane Whale Light Up Fountain Bath Toy from Walmart about a week ago. The toy is designed to float in the bath tub and pull water to the top to shoot out like a fountain and light up. We read the instructions and placed the batteries inside, tightly closed the compartment and tested it in the sink. It seemed to work fine so we put it in the bath with our small children. After 2 uses the battery was dying so we opened it to replace them and noticed water had flooded into the battery compartment and there was battery acid leaking out. I reported this on the Walmart review site and noticed an alarming of parents had already reported this item for this issue over for more than a year. This is extremely dangerous as it could burn or electrocute children. One of the review in particular the child suffered from chemical burns before her parents realized it was from the acid leaking from the toy. I will not buy this brand again if it requires batteries in the tub.