Water balloon pumps recalled after rupturing and causing cuts to users
About 3,170 Primark Water Balloon Pumps are being recalled because they can generate excessive pressure and rupture. Two US reports of cuts to hands and fingers have been received.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: Scored 4 under the injury-reports criterion: the firm has received eleven reports of the pumps rupturing and eleven corresponding reports of cuts to users.
Plain-English summary
Primark Water Balloon Pumps, sold in blue and pink, are being recalled. The pumps are shaped like a water bottle with a spray head, and the product code 5252801 is printed on the price tag on the back of the bottle.
The pumps can generate excessive pressure during use, causing the product to rupture and posing a risk of physical injury to the user or bystanders. The firm has received two reports in the United States of the pumps rupturing, resulting in two reports of cuts on users' hands and fingers, and nine reports internationally that resulted in nine reports of cuts.
About 3,170 units were sold at Primark stores in the northeast and in Florida, Maryland and Illinois from March 2023 through July 2023 for about $6.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled pumps and return them to a Primark store for a full refund in the form of the original payment.
The recalled product
- Product
- Primark Water Balloon Pump
- Manufacturer
- Primark US Corp., of Boston, Massachusetts
- Category
- Consumer Product — Outdoor toy
- Hazard
- rupture
- laceration
- over-pressurisation
- Affected units
- 3,170
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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