Phantom fireworks

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jul 3, 2022. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

1report to CPSC
Jul 3, 2022the latest report was made
Jul 3, 2022the earliest
1with the company’s comments

Brand: Phantom
Maker: Phantom Importing & Distributing, LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product: FireworksCPSC’s product type: Fireworks (code 1313), in Fuel, Lighters and Fireworks: Fireworks & Flares

By month

1 report from August 2021 to July 2022; the most in July 2022, 1.

The numbers, as a table

Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
Month	Reports
July 2022	1

How badly anyone was hurt

Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention 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.

Hurt, no treatment
Made Jul 3, 2022, sent to the company Jul 6, 2022, published by CPSC Jul 27, 2022

The product, in the report: Chinatown red snaps

A group of us were in a church office when a box of Chinatown red snap crackers exploded entirely on its own, burning one person in several places and throwing debris on several people and throughout the room. No one was using the product and the box had not been opened, it was sitting on a desk.

Where
DeSoto, Missouri: Other Public Property/Office
Who was involved
Age 42, Unknown
The reporter’s relation to them
Self
As this report names them
Brand Phantom, made or sold by Phantom Importing & Distributing, LLC
How badly, in CPSC’s words
Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received

The company’s comments, in its own words

(7/26/2022) Phantom Importing & Distributing, LLC: This general comment is in response to Report No. 20220703-854CO-2147355250, reported 7/3/2022 and sent to Phantom Importing & Distributing, LLC (“Phantom”) on 7/6/2022. Phantom acknowledges that it is the importer of the product identified in the report, Chinatown red snaps, and that it distributes the product for sale to the public. This product contains a small amount of pyrotechnic composition and is designed to function when force or friction is applied, most commonly when thrown on the ground with adequate force. Phantom has imported 6,625 cases (399,300 boxes) of this product over the last five years and has never heard of this type of event happening. It is hard to understand how this type of incident could occur without the application of some outside force (i.e., heat, friction, pressure). Spontaneous explosion does not seem possible. Phantom is a founding member of the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory (“AFSL”), “ whose primary purpose is to improve the quality and safety of fireworks distributed or used in the U.S. marketplace.” AFSL has created voluntary standards that incorporate the mandatory requirements of CPSC, Department of Transportation, and additional requirements recommended by the AFSL Standards Committee, to improve the safety of fireworks in transportation, storage, and use. AFSL also conducts testing of individual lots/batches of fireworks at the point of manufacture to assure compliance with these standards, prior to shipment to the United States As an active member of AFSL, Phantom is required to test all Fireworks (1313) items that it imports, including this product, prior to import. One part of the testing for this product, referred to as the drop test, is used to ensure that the product is packaged in a way that it can withstand a fall from a certain height without functioning. If one item in the case lot that is tested fails this part of the testing, or any others, the entire case lot is failed and cannot be shipped to the United States. The case lot of which the product at issue was a part was tested by Phantom and certified by AFSL. Phantom is dedicated to providing the safest, high-quality products to its customers, and takes claims like this one very seriously. However, for the reasons stated above, Phantom cannot understand how this type of incident occurred as described in the report.

CPSC report 20220703-854C0-2147355250. Submitter: Consumer Search for it on SaferProducts.gov

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

Phantom fireworks

At a glance

By month

How badly anyone was hurt

The reports, as CPSC published them

CPSC’s disclaimer

Sources

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