Fireworks disaster video does not have the required impact

An instructional video warning of the dangers of using fireworks has failed to have the desired effect ahead of 4th of July celebrations in the US.

The near seven-minute long video, released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission ahead of the country's notoriously pyrotechnic-heavy annual holiday, uses a litany of sparklers, bottle rockets and quick match fuses to maim, burn and behead mannequins to prove its point.

Unfortunately the clip's sobering message is lost in its borderline humorous delivery.

According to the commission's chairman Elliot Kaye, the 4th of July is the deadliest time of the year in the States, with countless people lose digits or worse while mishandling fireworks.

If the mannequins in this video are anything to go by, they might just blow your head clean off your shoulders.

Source: YouTube/US Consumer Product Safety Commission