Never allow young children to use fireworks without close adult supervision. Anyone igniting fireworks should wear safety goggles. Read the labels and follow the directions carefully. Make sure the fireworks contain less than 50 mg. of gunpowder. Any more than this amount is illegal and may be dangerous.
Some fireworks leave sharp objects behind after they have been ignited which can damage car tires.
Make sure anyone going near your fireworks wears shoes. Every year, people are involved in traffic accidents while biking, in-line skating, running and speed walking. Ninety percent of bicycle injuries for children ages 14 and under are the result of car collisions. Four out of five deaths result from head injuries. In more than 50 percent of the collisions with cars, the car driver claimed that he or she could not see the cyclist.