Penley wooden matches
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jul 2, 2012. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Jul 2, 2012the latest report was made
- Jul 2, 2012the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Penley
- Maker
- Hearthmark, LLC d/b/a Jarden Home BrandsMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Wooden matchesCPSC’s product type: Wooden Matches (code 1730), in Fuel, Lighters and Fireworks: Lighters & Matches
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| July 2012 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hurt, care not known 1 CPSC: Injury, Level of care not known
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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Hurt, care not known Made Jul 2, 2012, sent to the company Aug 22, 2012, published by CPSC Sep 6, 2012
The product, in the report: Penley Matches –box contains 250 wooden matches
CPSC Soy un consumidor y estoy reportando un INCIDENTE PELIGROSO con el producto Penley Matches en la presentacion de la caja de 250 wooden matches. Producto identificado: Dist. by Penley Corporation. PO Box 277, West Paris, Maine 04289 Made in India. El incidente peligros fue de que estos cerillos al momento de raspar (strike) en la caja para prenderlos la cabeza de estos se desprende y salta hacia varios lados, muchas veces hacia la cara de la persona que los esta prendiendo. El incidente mas peligroso le ocurrio a mi hermana, a la cual le brinco la cabeza del cerillo prendida al ojo, quien por el reflejo al parecer alcanzo a cerrar el ojo y al parecer lo que lesiono el cerillo (una quemadura) fue el area (de la cara) del ojo donde se encuentran las pestanas, sin dejar de ser esta una lesion peligrosa. Pensamos que habia sido una situacion poco comun, sin embargo usando los mismos cerillos a mi persona tambien me brinco los pedacitos de cerillo en la cara sin ocasionar en este caso una lesion, ya que se alcanzaron a apagar en el transcurso hacia mi cara. Al seguirlos usando nos dimos cuenta que en la mayoria de las veces estos pedazos de cerillos (las cabezas) se desprenden de los cerillos saltando hacia varios lados, y en muchos casos hacia la persona. Lo anterior ocurrio en la cocina de una casa habitacion, en la ciudad de Tijuana BC Mexico, frontera con San Diego CA lugar donde se compro este producto el cual consideramos peligroso. Mi nombre [REDACTED] 38 anos, y si pueden incluir mi reporte para la base de datos e investigaciones USA PMB address [REDACTED]
CPSC Translation:
CPSC, I am a consumer and would like to report a dangerous incident involving the Penley Matches –box contains 250 wooden matches. ID: Dist. by Penley Corporation. PO Box 277, West Paris, Maine 04289 Made in India.
When the matches are stroke against the box to light them, the lighted match’s head detaches and flyes in different directions. Often times, it hits the face of the person lighting it. The dangerous incident happened to my sister. The lighted match’s head detached and hit and burned her upper eyelid as she closed her eye. We thought this was a fluke, but later the same happened to me. Luckily, the match’s head went out before it reached my face. As we continue using them, we realized that most of the time the match’s head detaches and flies in different directions often times hitting bystanders.
This incident occurred in the kitchen of a home in Tijuana BC Mexico, border with San Diego CA where we purchased this dangerous product. My name is [REDACTED]. I am 38 years old and I authorize you to include my report in the database.
- Model
- 250 wooden matches
- Where
- Tijuana, Mexico: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Other Relative
- As this report names them
- Brand Penley, made or sold by Hearthmark, LLC d/
b/ a Jarden Home Brands - How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Level of care not known
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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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.