Supply Chain B.V. Royal Match fireworks — burns & damage to hearing risk

Hazard

The article has too many duds with and without fuse, users can ignite them causing injuries and/or burns. Moreover, the article has a too long fuse delay. This may cause the user to walk to the article too early with the danger that fireworks could hit the user, causing injuries and/or burns.Additionally, the sound pressure level is too high, which can cause damage to hearing. Further, the fireworks may burst or release burning material outside the safety distance of 8 m or below a height of 3 m, which may result in the user being hit by the pyrotechnical effects and matter from the product. This can lead to injuries, fire and burns. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Pyrotechnics Directive nor with the European standard EN 15947.

Measures taken

• Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor (29/11/2024)
• Recall of the product from end users — Distributor (29/11/2024)
• Destruction of the product — Importer (29/11/2024)

Product description

Fireworks of category F2, 100 shots compound.