SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260215-9C90A-2147323518. Severity: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional. Product: Anchor Hocking cake baking dish (Anchor Hocking glass cake baking dish, 8.5" X 8.5" Heavy, Clear glass, with handles on 2 sides along with an opening to hold it.). Incident: New Years Day ...I had 2 new Anchor Hocking glassware cake baking dishes in my oven set at 330 degrees. When I checked to see if it was done, I could not believe my eyes, total explosion on the top rack, glass and food everywhere. Chunks of glass and small pieces, like sand or dust. I was concerned that the other dish would also explode so I shut the oven and the door. Went to my party without my 2 casseroles. 2 days later I started to clean it up. I knew to protect my hands with gloves BUT I never expected my eyes to get injured! I was using a wet paper towel (w/water) to clean. Soon I was in pain, my eyes hurt. It felt like fine gravel or sand was in my eyes. If I wasn't wearing my eyeglasses it would have hit both eyes worse, I hurried to the sink, flushing out my eyes over and over again. I looked up online about Anchor glass baking dish exploding in my oven. I was appalled that this has happened to many others! They called it glass dust or glass sand that injured their eyes like mine. I thought flushing my eyes would clean them out. My eyes were both red. within 24-30 hours my eyes were stuck together and when I gently separated them, it looked like nasty puss and extra red. A few hours later my eye doctor would be open. He fit me in. Thank God there were no pieces of glass in my eyes, just extremely red and injured. I used prescription eye drops for 2 weeks. I also went to my doctor's office because of a cough and very hoarse voice yet I did not have a cold before or after this incident. My breathing seemed fine but she thought I should have an Xray to make sure my lu