The Recall Desk
Our severity:SevereCPSC·15180·Announced 2015-07-09

Jake's Fireworks Recalls YoYo Sparklers Due to Burn Hazard

Jake's Fireworks is recalling YoYo Sparklers because they burn rapidly down the stick, posing a burn hazard to users' hands.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves significant injury reports, specifically 12 incidents resulting in second-degree and third-degree burns, which meets the criteria for a Severe rating.

Plain-English summary

Jake's Fireworks Inc. is recalling approximately 651,500 YoYo Sparklers. The sparklers are 13 1/2 inches long, metallic gray on a wire stick, and were sold in multicolored packages containing four individual sparklers. The packages featured a U.S. flag logo and the words "World Class Fireworks" and "YOYO Sparklers."

The recall is due to a burn hazard. The sparklers burn faster and with a larger flame than normal, which can cause the fire to burn down the stick towards users' hands. Jake's Fireworks has received 12 reports of incidents where the sparklers burned rapidly down the stick, resulting in second-degree and third-degree burns to consumers' hands.

The sparklers were sold at small fireworks stands and pop-up stores nationwide from April 2015 to July 2015 for about $3 per package. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled sparklers, take them away from young children, and contact Jake's Fireworks to receive a full refund. Contact information is available at (800) 766-1277, [email protected], or www.jakesfireworks.com.

The recalled product

Product
Sparklers
Category
Consumer Product — Fireworks
Hazard
Affected units
651,500

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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