227.702 Common fireworks.
"Common fireworks" are fireworks suitable for use by the public and designed primarily <br>to produce visible effects by combustion and must comply with the construction, <br>chemical composition, and labeling regulations of the United States Consumer Products <br>Safety Commission. The types, sizes, and amount of pyrotechnic contents of these <br>devices are limited as enumerated in this section. Some small devices designed to <br>produce audible effects are included, such as whistling devices, ground devices <br>containing fifty (50) mg. or less of explosive composition, and aerial devices containing <br>one hundred thirty (130) mg. or less of explosive composition. Common fireworks are <br>classified as class C explosives by the United States Department of Transportation and <br>include the following: <br>(1) Ground and hand-held sparkling devices.
(a) Dipped stick-sparkler. Stick or wire coated with pyrotechnic composition that
produces a shower of sparks upon ignition. Total pyrotechnic composition <br>may not exceed one hundred (100) grams per item. Those devices containing <br>any perchlorate or chlorate salts may not exceed five (5) grams of pyrotechnic <br>composition per item. Wire sparklers which contain no magnesium and which <br>contain less than one hundred (100) grams of composition per item are not <br>included in this category, in accordance with DOT regulations;
(b) Cylindrical fountain. Cylindrical tube not more than three-fourths (3/4) in. (19
mm) inside diameter, containing up to seventy-five (75) grams of pyrotechnic <br>composition. Upon ignition, a shower of colored sparks, and sometimes a <br>whistling effect, is produced. This device may be provided with a spike for <br>insertion into the ground (spike fountain), a wood or plastic base for placing <br>on the ground (base fountain), or a wood or cardboard handle, if intended to <br>be hand-held (handle fountain);
(c) Cone fountain. Cardboard or heavy paper cone containing up to fifty (50)
grams of pyrotechnic composition. The effect is the same as that of a <br>cylindrical fountain;
(d) Illuminating torch. Cylindrical tube containing up to one hundred (100) grams
of pyrotechnic composition. Upon ignition, colored fire is produced. May be <br>spike, base or hand-held;
(e) Wheel. Pyrotechnic device attached to a post or tree by means of a nail or
string. Each wheel may contain up to six (6) "driver" units: tubes not <br>exceeding one-half (1/2) in. (12.5 mm) inside diameter and containing up to <br>sixty (60) grams of pyrotechnic composition. Upon ignition, the wheel <br>revolves, producing a shower of color and sparks and, sometimes, a whistling <br>effect;
(f) Ground spinner. Small device similar to a wheel in design and effect and
placed on the ground and ignited. A shower of sparks and color is produced by <br>the rapidly spinning device; and
(g) Flitter sparkler. Narrow paper tube filled with pyrotechnic composition that
produces color and sparks upon ignition. This device does not have a fuse for
ignition. The paper at one (1) end of the tube is ignited to make the device <br>function;
(2) Aerial devices.
(a) Sky rocket. Tube not exceeding one-half (1/2) in. (12.5 mm) inside diameter
that may contain up to twenty (20) grams of pyrotechnic composition. Sky <br>rockets contain a wooden stick for guidance and stability and rise into the air <br>upon ignition. A burst of color or noise or both is produced at the height of <br>flight;
(b) Missile-type rocket. A device similar to a sky rocket in size, composition, and
effect that uses fins rather than a stick for guidance and stability;
(c) Helicopter, aerial spinner. A tube not more than one-half (1/2) in. (12.5 mm)
inside diameter and containing up to twenty (20) grams of pyrotechnic <br>composition. A propeller or blade is attached, which, upon ignition, lifts the <br>rapidly spinning device into the air. A visible or audible effect is produced at <br>the height of flight;
(d) Roman candles. Heavy paper or cardboard tube not exceeding three-eighths
(3/8) in. (9.5 mm) inside diameter and containing up to twenty (20) grams of <br>pyrotechnic composition. Upon ignition, up to ten (10) "stars" (pellets of <br>pressed pyrotechnic composition that burn with bright color) are individually <br>expelled at several second intervals; and
(e) Mine, shell. Heavy cardboard or paper tube up to two and one-half (2-1/2) in.
(63.5 mm) inside diameter attached to a wood or plastic base and containing <br>up to forty (40) grams of pyrotechnic composition. Upon ignition, "stars," <br>firecrackers, or other devices are propelled into the air. The tube remains on <br>the ground;
(3) Audible ground devices.
(a) Firecrackers, salutes. Small paper-wrapped or cardboard tube containing not
more than fifty (50) mg. of pyrotechnic composition. Upon ignition, noise and <br>a flash of light is produced; and
(b) Chaser. Small paper or cardboard tube that travels along the ground upon
ignition. A whistling effect, or other noise, is often produced. The explosive <br>composition used to create the noise may not exceed fifty (50) mg; and
(4) Combination items. Firework devices containing combinations of two (2) or more
of the effects described in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (2) of this <br>section.
Effective: July 15, 1982 <br>History: Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 436, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1982.
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