SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Explosion / rupture

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20240220-90633-2147340873. Severity: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received. Product: Way To Celebrate KQ472025 (Easter Squish Stretch Balls, 2 count by Way To Celebrate. Color: blue,purple and white swirls. Made to squeeze, squish, stretch, 1.75round). Incident: Playing with EASTER Squish Stretch Ball by way to celebrate, our daughter who just turned 10 this day was sitting on her bed squishing it in her hand , when she came screaming in hysterics to the kitchen saying she needs help, her eye was burning and to get it out. I have never seen my daughter react this way before. While trying to flush her eye with water and get out of her what was in her eye and what happened. She told us she was squishing the ball and it popped. This stuff didnt just pop it exploded. It was all over her bed, her floor, her stuff animals and it hardened fast. We looked at the packaging to see what warning the warning label said, the only one listed was choking hazard, small parts not for children under 3. The only item listed for ingredients was Cream glue. At this point my daughters eye was red, burning, and having white crusty forming from what I assume was the glue. My wife rushed her to urgent care where she was checked out by the Dr. and prescribed Erythromycin eye ointment to apply every 4 hours. Now you tell me how fun it is to try and put this ointment in my childs eye after what happened. The warning label needs to be more accurate. I posted a review of this product on the website and it was removed. This was not a great ending to my daughters 10th Birthday!