SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20250112-625CC-2147333935. Severity: Injury, Level of care not known. Product: Nerf Nerf Pro Sender, SG-71006 (The toy is labeled as the Nerf Pro Sender and is a white, grey, and orange colored foam dart gun styled to look like a futuristic submachine gun. It is sold by Hasbro.). Incident: My 8 year old daughter wanted a foam dart gun to play with a friend. We went to toy section of Target where they had a variety foam dart guns to choose from. The toy she selected for herself was a Nerf Pro Sender which was on the shelf with all the other toy guns. When we arrived home we setup the gun and fired a test shot to see how it operated. As my daughter bent over to pick up the dart across the yard, I fired at her and hit her in the buttocks. She immediately started screaming and crying. I had my wife fire the gun at me to experience the feeling first hand and was shocked my how powerful the gun was and that it left a welt on my skin through jeans. Upon closer inspection of the packaging we realized the unqualified "14+" printed on the front meant "14 years of age or older". The warning, found on front of all foam dart guns, indicated that it was not a toy and intended for people 14 years of age or older. The warning is a simple white text on a grey background that in no way stands out compared to anything else on the packaging. I feel like the warnings and age restrictions printed on the box are done so a way to make them difficult to interpret and easily overlooked. By the manufacturer's own claim, it is not a toy yet it is packaged and sold as a toy in the toy section of the store. I'm confident that any child could go into a store and purchase this product without an adult and without anyone questioning it. This gun shoots darts at up to 150 feet per second which is enough to cause retina detachment to anyone hit in the eye with it.