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SVEA Fireworks Match Thunder — damage to hearing risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskDamage to hearingAug 5, 2016
Photo from the official notice: SVEA Fireworks Match Thunder — damage to hearing risk
Photo from the official notice: SVEA Fireworks Match Thunder — damage to hearing risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The sound level is too high and this can cause damage to hearing.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Pyrotechnics Directive and the relevant European standard EN 15947.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Importer

Product description

Flash banger firework. The housing body is made of paper and cardboard and inside there is a pyrotechnic composition. The flash banger has a protruding initiator to be ignited. The product is sold in a box containing six individual flash bangers.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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