Posted on 07/14/2025 9:48:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
This is scary.
Walmart has announced it has recalled about 850,000 Ozark Trail water bottles after some caused serious injuries, including blindness.
The recall was made after it was discovered that the water bottle lid can eject on its own, making it dangerous to consumers.
The Hill filled in more details on the recall:
Walmart is recalling approximately 850,000 Ozark Trail water bottles after multiple injuries, including two incidents that resulted in consumers suffering permanent blindness, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The CPSC stated that the screwcap lid on the 64-ounce stainless steel water bottles “can forcefully eject” when opening after food or beverages have been inside for a while.
So far, the CPSC says it has received three reports of people being struck in the face by the bottles’ lids. Two people have suffered permanent vision loss after being hit in the eye.
The bottles, which have been sold in Walmart stores nationwide since 2017, are silver with a black lid and the Ozark Trail logo on the side. They bear the model number 83-662 on the product packaging, the CPSC says.
NBC News reported more details on how the water bottles caused blindness to two people:
The recall covers Walmart’s “Ozark Trail 64 oz Stainless Steel Insulated Water Bottles,” which have been sold at the chain’s stores across the country since 2017. According to a notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday, these products pose “serious impact and laceration hazards.”
That’s because when a consumer attempts to open the bottles “after food, carbonated beverages or perishable beverages, such as juice or milk, are stored inside over time,” the lid can eject forcefully, the CPSC notes.
As of Thursday’s announcement, Walmart had received three reports of consumers who were injured after being struck in the face by these lids when opening their bottles. And two of those people “suffered permanent vision loss after being struck in the eye,” the CPSC added.
Consumers are urged to stop using the now-recalled Ozark Trail bottles — and contact Walmart for a full refund. Shoppers can also bring the products to their local Walmart store for that compensation.
“The health and safety of our customers is always a top priority,” Walmart said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. The company added that it had “fully cooperated” with the CPSC and the manufacturer of the recalled product “to remove it from our stores and notify consumers”
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.
I'm in a similar age range, but have always lived near large cities, that once were wonderful places of commerce and culture. Now, you need a handgun to go to the beautiful, historic cemeteries just outside the city line.
Just the other day I was looking around for those little clamp-on pressure plugs we all seemed to have for out soda pop bottles back in the day when no one expected to drink the whole thing at one sitting. They've gone out of common usage.
The Thugs are protected by the ComDems. The ComDems hate all of the history of the USA. They want to destroy it.
Some States resists the destruction. Texas is one of them, except for a handful of Big Cities.
The Thugs are protected by the ComDems. The ComDems hate all of the history of the USA. They want to destroy it.
Some States resists the destruction. Texas is one of them, except for a handful of Big Cities.
At first glance, I thought this was going to be about bottles of tainted water.
-PJ
In my misspent youth I once put Mountain Dew into an old fashioned thermos bottle with a glass liner. Of course it blew up and shattered the glass liner, and I learned a valuable lesson. The stainless steel ones would hold up better, but the pressure is going to be there and the lid threads are the weakest links.
Coleman started cutting those in lantern/stove/heater caps more than 60 years ago.
You have never had this happen to you, not because of your keen intellect, supernatural awareness of danger, and lightening reflexes, but because manufacturers knew this was a problem, and how to prevent it from happening, more than 60 years ago, and you have never handled a container apt to put your eye out.
Screw on caps must require to much effort for some I guess.
Oh, thanks!
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