Rocketry Sets

21YOM WAS TRYING TO LIGHT A MODEL ROCKET WITH A BOTTLE ROCKET ATTACHED WHEN THE ROCKET IGNITED IN THE PATIENTS HAND BY ACCIDENT RESULTING IN 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. DX: FULL THICKNESS SKIN LOSS DUE TO BURN; FULL THICKNESS BURN OF LEFT INDEX FINGER

20YOM COLLEGE STUDENT WHO PRESENTS WITH LACERATION OVER HIS R EYEBROW. HE WAS TESTING OUT ROCKETS AND AFTER TESTING THEM OUT, HE WAS TAKING THEM APART WHEN HE CUT HIS HIMSELF. DX: FACIAL LAC

12YOM PRESENTS WITH SUSTAINED LACERATION X 1 HOUR AGO. PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH TOY ROCKET WHEN ROCKET ACCIDENTALLY CAME AND HIT PATIENT IN FACE, AT MID FOREHEAD. 2CM LACERATION AT MIDFOREHEAD, DX: FACIAL LACERATION

5YOM WAS PLAYING WITH A TOY ROCKET SHIP AND FELL WHILE RUNNING STRUCK SELF IN THE FACE DX: LACERATION FACE

3YOM- PT & OTHER CHILDREN WERE PLAYING WITH A TOY ROCKET & BALLOONS MOM THINKS ROCKET HIT PT TO R EYE ONE HOUR LATER PT WITH PAIN TO RIGHT EYE. DX: RIGHT EYE TRAUMA.

4YOM GOT BIT BY DOG ACCIDENTALLY ON FACE WHEN DOG WAS GOING AFTER A ROCKET LAUNCHER DX FACIAL LACERATION, BITE FROM DOG

8 YOM PLAYING WITH A FOAM ROCKET AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IT INTO HIS EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION

51YOM PRESENTS TO ED FOR EVAL OF FALL STATES SLIPPED ON ICE WHEN HE MISSED THE CURB IN THE SNOW FELL BACK AND LANDED ON CURB AND HIT A LARGE CERAMIC POT DX: BACK PAIN

12YOF WAS PLAYING W/ A ROCKET STOMPER W/ HER FRIEND TODAY. SHE WAS LOOKING OVER THE ROCKET AND THE ROCKET FLEW INTO HER R EYE. SHE IMMEDIATELY CRIED AFTERWARDS. LATER TONIGHT, SHE STARTED TO SAY THE HER R SIDE VISION WAS BLURRY. DX: SOFT TISSUE INJURY VS CORNEAL ABRASION TO R EYE, MILD SWELLING UNDER R EYE

11YOM WAS PLAYING WITH TOY ROCKET HE HIT HIMSELF IN FACE WITH DX FACIAL LACERATION

11 YOM LOOKING OVER A TOY ROCKET, BROTHER PRESSED PEDAL AND SHOT THE ROCKET, PT GOT HIT IN EYE. DX TRAUMATIC HYPEHMA EYE

2YOM HAS A STIFF PLASTIC TUBE IN MOUTH (USED FOR LAUNCHING TOY ROCKETS) AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT BY SIBLING, CAUSING A LAC TO ROOF OF MOUTH. BLEEDING FOR X20-30 MINUTES. DX: LAC TO ROOF OF MOUTH

On the second use of this water rocket I was pumping it up on the 8th pump and the rocket side blew out sending pieces of plastic flying in the air. The packaging says to pump it up 20 times so I was amazed that it busted at 8. Thankfully my kids were a distance back and the plastic parts hit me in the chest before flying away.

I bought a Stomp Rocket Ultra and brought it to a party. Adults put it together. Both children (8-10 years old) and adults stomped on it with no problems sending the rocket about 200 feet in the air. An adult friend reloaded the launch pad with the nerf-tipped rocket and I looked at the air bladder I was stomping on and the rocket flew squarely into my eye. We don't know how it changed its direction other than the fact that the launch pad does swivel. Neither my brow or cheekbone were struck leaving the full impact on my right eye. I almost detached my retina. I had retinal bleeding, a corneal abrasion, blood pooling from some other part of my eye and general blunt force trauma surrounding my eye. I suffered (and still do) from excessive pressure in that eye and am currently on two medications to keep it lower (traumatic glaucoma). It's been two months since the accident and my eye is still dilated as a result of the accident which causes me to have to wear sunglasses for using a computer and causes me to have poorer vision. The headaches I have from the accident are continuing. While I am thankful this did not happen to one of the children present, it certainly could have. Most likely my injury is permanent. I coninue to see my ophthamologist and he could not give me a prognosis. The box for the toy does not show children wearing safety glasses and the print on the outside of the box under "WARNING" talks about a choking hazard. Under warnings on the website, it simply says "Do not aim at eyes or face" (I did not), and "To reduce risk of serious eye injury or blindness: Do not shoot rockets at others. Keep bystanders behind the launch pad."

the toy creates a serious pinch hazard on the hand when pushed up to launch the rocket. most people don't realize this until after they get injured and there is no warning on the toy about this danger

I was playing with my son using the Slingshot flying rocket, the rubber loop came off the toy and the nut attached to the base broke my thumb cracking the nail and the thumb turned blue and swollen

Severe fears about the launch pad for amateur rockets mostly used by hobbyists. The caller states that due to poor design choice and evidence of incidents that have occurred he is asking that this product be investigated for safety issues. The launch pad is "Y" shaped hub, attached to this stabilizer is a metal blast plate that should shield the ground from the flames, launch pad guides the rocket in its initial blast of it's flight. Above the blast plate there is a plastic clamp/swivel which holds the launch rod in place. Caller is reporting that the hub on this particular rocket is plastic and although there is a metal blast plate it it possible for the plastic tripod shaped hub to catch fire which would cause the rocket to fall sideways or in some other direction out of course and could potentially fire into a crowd or bystanders, as well as start a fire. He notes that there is a U-Tube Video showing a "Failed Mean Machine Launch" www.youtube/watch?u=0ghXYwUhZOA that shows what could potentially happen (with a single stage rocket). A second stage could be ignited if this were to happen to a booster's engine.. He believes that a change could and should be made in this launch pad that could eliminate the danger of this happening. The blast plate should be moved above the plastic swisel/clamp and held steady with parts that won't melt or burn even in direct flame. Caller attempted to contact the manufacturer October 7, 2013. He populated an online form and is waiting to hear back from them. There are no injuries being reported