Foster Grant cardboard products
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 19, 2012. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Jan 19, 2012the latest report was made
- Jan 19, 2012the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Foster Grant
- Maker
- FGX INTERNATIONAL INC.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Cardboard productsCPSC’s product type: Cardboard Products (code 1114), in Containers & Packaging: Paper & Cardboard
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| January 2012 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Emergency room Made Jan 19, 2012, sent to the company Jan 27, 2012, published by CPSC Feb 17, 2012
The product, in the report: plastic frame non prescription Foster Grant women’s glasses cardboard packaging
On Dec. 17, I was in the Barnes & Noble Book Sellers store on Stanford Ranch Road, Roseville Calif. trying on reading glasses. I tried on a pair of Foster Grant glasses. These glasses have cardboard and a soft case attached to the left arm of the glasses. (photo attached) The cardboard poked me in my left eye and caused a subconjunctival hemorrhage. At the time of the injury, I felt the poke to my eye then my eye started to bleed. When I saw blood in my eye I used my cell phone to call my daughter, who was in the store with me. She came to me and we got in our car and headed to the emergency room. At the hospital emergency room, I was examined by Dr. [REDACTED]. He told me I had a subconjunctival hemorrhage. Fortunately, my eyesight has not been affected. The wound is limited to the white part of my eye, and is healing fine. Two weeks after the injury, when my eye was no longer red from blood, I could see that the cut on my eye is about one tenth of an inch from the iris. I was very lucky, and I feel very fortunate that my eyesight has not been affected. I believe this could easily happen to someone else, and they might not be as lucky as I. Someone else’s injury could be to the pupil of their eye and affect their eyesight.
These Foster Grant glasses have cardboard and a soft eyeglass case attached to the arm of the glasses. The soft lens case is on the outside of the left arm and the cardboard is on the inside of the left arm. These parts are not designed to be removed when trying on the glasses. Since most people do try on glasses to see how they look before they buy, the cardboard is a significant safety hazard. The cardboard is what cut my eye.
I went back to the store a few days after my accident and took a photo of the glasses that poked me in the eye. I have attached that photo showing the cardboard on the left arm of the glasses. I’ve also attached a photo of my eye and my hospital emergency room discharge papers.
I’ve written to Foster Grants asking them to redesign their packaging, but they referred my email to their insurance agency. The insurance agency claims adjustor has no knowledge of what Foster Grants is doing or not doing with the information I sent them about my accident. Foster Grants has agreed to pay my emergency room co-pay of $100, but accepts no responsibility for the accident. I am not looking for money; however, it is a nice gesture that they agree to pay me my emergency room co-pay of $100, and I will accept it. But, what I really wanted is for Foster Grant to consider the design of their packaging and make adjustments before someone else is injured and possibly looses their eyesight.
Please let me know how I can send the photos to you.
- Model
- unknown
- Serial number
- unknown
- Bought from
- did not purchase, California
- Where
- Roseville, California: Other
- Who was involved
- Age 57, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Foster Grant, made or sold by FGX INTERNATIONAL INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
CPSC’s disclaimer
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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