Art Or Ceramics Supplies And Equipment (excl. Paintbrushes)

62 YOF-STANDING ON HER FEET IN BASEMENT AT HOME WORKING ON ART PROJECTS-DX: ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN

59YOF HX HYPERTENSION,HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA,NO PRIOR CARDIAC EVENTS PRESENT TO ED C/O L SIDE UPPER CP.STARTED TODAY/CONSTANT,LIGHTHEADED THIS AM,NO SOB.NAUSEOUS,NO VOMITING.SOME PX IN ABD.SAYS SHE HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF ACTIVITY W/ HER L ARM AT HOME DOING SOME CRAFT ACTIVITIESDX:CP UNSPECIFIED

79YOM WAS DOING SOME WORK WITH CLAY POTTERY WORK THAT GENERATED SOME CLAY DUST IN AN INDOOR LOCATION EARLIER TODAY WITHOUT WEARING A MASK DX: EXPOSURE TO RESPIRATORY IRRITANT

4YOF PATIENT SWALLOWED A HEART-SHAPED PLASTIC DIAMOND JEWEL THAT WAS ON HER TOY CROWN. SHE HAD SOME THROAT PAIN AND CRYING, JEWEL WAS ULTIMATELY FOUND AND PATIENT WAS NO LONGER CHOKING. DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY

78 YOM C/O CUT TO TWO FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND AFTER TRYING TO LIFT A LAMINAR CUTTING DEVICE AND CUT HIS FINGERS ON THE BLADE, DOES NOT TAKE BLOOD THINNERS, DX: FINGER LACERATION

12MOF GIVEN A GOOGLY EYE BY HER PARENTS DX: FOREIGN OBJECT IN MOUTH

3YOF WAS DOING ARTS AND CRAFTS AT HOME AND STUCK A POM POM UP HER RIGHT NOSTRIL DX: FOREIGN BODY NOSE

16YOF PRESENTS WITH BILATERAL WRIST PAIN. MOM STATES PT DOES CREATE ARTWORK THAT COULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO HER WRIST DISCOMFORT. DX: POLYARTHRALGIA

3YOF PUT A GOOGLEY EYE IN LEFT NARE AND CAN'T GET IT OUT. DX: NONE; PT ELOPED

37YOF HAS LEFT EYE SENSATION AND THINKS SHE MAY HAVE GOTTEN GLITTER IN HER EYES. DX: ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS OF LEFT EYE

51YOF WAS CRAFTING AND USING A CRICKET MACHINE AND DEVELOPED PALPITATIONS AND LEFT SHOULDER PAIN. DX: SHOULDER PAIN: ANXIETY

6YOM, ACCIDENTALL PUT TINY CRAFT POM-POM VERSUS COTTON BALL IN HIS NOSE, NO SHORTNESS OF BREATH, DX: NASAL FOREIGN BODY

While changing my whole-home water filter I leaned my arm on my Olympic Kiln and got shocked (240V-1 phase). I investigated, first checking my home wiring then checked the kiln. I found that there was an open limit to ground. Although the kiln is still under warranty, I opened the plug (a large 240V plug) and found that the ground wire was not attached. The kiln is wired using liquid tight conduit as a power cord. From my research, I don't think that is up to code. It also has a four prong plug but only three of the prongs are connected. I also discovered that the kiln bears a UL Listed label but the product doesn't appear in the UL directory (these items were reported to UL). I contacted the Olympic Kilns. They want me to reattach the ground wire on the plug. They would not address the other concerns I had about the conduit and the plug. I am concerned that someone could get killed. I am lucky that I leaned on the kiln and the electricity pushed me away. If I had grabbed the kiln, I may have been drawn to it. I think that Olympic Kilns may be manufacturing products that are not up to NEC (National Electric Code). What I found in the NEC section 422.43 (b) sounds like conduit is not allowed as a power cord. I wasn't able to find out if using only three prongs of a four prong plug is code compliant. I don't know where to go to make them produce safe consumer products.

I purchased a Creatology Autumn Leaf kit from Michaels yesterday. As soon as I opened the box, I was overwhelmed by the smell of chemicals. I had already dumped the contents out. I quickly gathered the pieces and carried them outside, but in that short amount of time the fumes were so overwhelming that I felt faint of breath. I couldn't sleep all night - kept coughing and wheezing. The chemical smell was so powerful - I might as well just have inhaled pure gasoline. I did some online research and found out the Creatology is one of Michael's brands. I'll be writing to Michaels as well. I have never been one to worry much about product safety, but I had purchased this product to make an activity for my toddler and I can't believe how unsafe it would be for a child to inhale these fumes.

While gluing a felt craft that came as a set (felt shapes & super glue) I felt my finger getting warm. I was applying pressure for setting and smoke started to come from the felt. I am an adult who was following the package direction on this glue only craft. It did burn my finger tip while I was "press(ing) firmly for 30 seconds for felt to adhere". I looked it up after, felt and super glue should not be used together.

The caller stated that the design of the dye when opened causes laceration. The dyes are used for card making through a press. She received a minor punctured wound on her finger because she was trying to pull it apart to use it. No medical attention was received. She stated that there are other distributors who make these dyes with the steel component. (3/2013) The manufacturer was contacted through email but she did not receive a response. She feels that this product is a safety hazard and should be investigated. The consumer has further investigated this matter, and the following is an update: 1. The consumer contacted another distributor, other than Memory Box, who stated that all the smaller companies such as hers; Memory Box; Poppystamps; [REDACTED]; [REDACTED], and others, have their stamps made by the same steel die manufacturer in the USA. She refrained from giving me the name of the manufacturer. 2. The consumer have enclosed some photographs of steel dies from Poppystamps (a subsidiary of Memory Box). You will note the dies are produced as one piece, held together by little steel bits. In order to separate the pieces, one must bend them back and forth, gently, to break them, or, they must use scissors or wire snips. It is the little steel bits that remain that are the culprits. It is very easy to puncture a finger, as they are very sharp. Even after removing the bits with scissors, parts still remain and must be filed. 3. You will also note that there is no warning on Poppystamp's or any other packaging. 4. When the consumer spoke with one of the distributors, she reminded me that most of these companies are just a mom-and-pop business. They cannot afford to have their products massproduced {as [REDACTED] does) in China. [REDACTED is a large company that produces dies affixed to a piece of cardboard with sticky tape. You simply remove the die from the tape. Very safe. 5. The consumer does not want to target any one distribut

A child's easel was purchased for my son's second birthday. The legs broke within a couple weeks and it was typically used laying flat on the living room floor to doodle on. My 8 month old daughter would crawl onto the chalkboard surface while my son was drawing and touch it. At my daughter's 9 month well visit they do a routine veinous lead test. She tested a 30 and has lead poisoning. The county health department came to inspect our apartment and found that the chalkboard surface of the easel was the source of the lead. We only had the product for 2 months and that brief exposure was enough to poison her.

Dear CPSC, I have twin girls age 8 (they will be 9 in September of this year). The product that was gifted to them from my sister and purchased at Target can be found through the following link https://www.target.com/p/my-look-color-change-window-art-by-cra-z-art/-/A-76623847 and it’s for ages 6+ There is a stopper in each of the six window paints. This stopper pops up under compression (the only way to remove the stopper) and splattered paint at a heavy force all over one my daughter’s face. As she went to wash her face off and while in the shower the other twin handled another window paint and tried to remove the stopper by using the paint brush included in the kit, through adding pressure from the paint brush she that stopper released and popped right into her eye. It then forcefully ejected paint into her eye shutting her eye filled with paint. She cried hysterically in pain. My brother in law is an ER physician and I contacted him immediately. We then contacted poison control. My daughter had to irrigate her eyes for 15 minutes. That was the first two paints. I saw there were four paints left. I looked at each one; they all had stoppers in them. I tried removing the stopper and there is no way to remove them without compressing the paint out but when you do the stopper forcefully ejects with paint. The reality is kids will look at it and try to pull them out and they can’t pull them out when they do it ejects out forcefully. The only safe way to do this is to make sure the paint isn’t facing you; grab a cup and push the stopper out with a cup. That’s what I had to do with each of them and I only knew to do this after hearing from kids what happened and being cautious of not facing the paint towards me. This item is extremely dangerous for children. It will easily injure a child’s eye. Please recall this item immediately and don’t wait for a child to lose their eye.

Upon ordering and receiving this product I have learned that this product does not comply with the standards outlined in the GHS (Globally Harmonized System). This poses significant risks to consumer health and safety and violates the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act 15 U.S.C. 1451-1461 The product does not contain the 6 essential elements of compliance. Product packaging does not contain 1. Name, Address and Telephone Number 2. Product Identifier 3. Signal Word 4. Hazard Statement(s) 5. Precautionary Statement(s) 6. Pictogram(s) This product is also in violation of the following mandatory standards 15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(5) Product Certification and Labeling (Tracking Labels) 16 CFR 1110 Certificates of Compliance 16 CFR 1700 Poison Prevention Packaging FHSA (Federal Hazardous Substances Act) PPPA (Poison Prevention Packaging Act) - Packaging is not child-proof.

The consumer reported that there is some type of substance on the stones. When she opened the package, the stones smelled like a Sharpie. When she touched the stones, there was a burning sensation on her fingers. Also, she felt woozy. No medical attention was required. The consumer stated that there are 21 packages in the kit. Three of the packages have some type of substance on the stones. This is the consumer's first time buying this kit.