Accidents - Fireworks - Year 2003 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,732
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	68
6-15 years old:	386
16-25 years old:	360
26-50 years old:	839
50+ years old:	77

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FIREWORK BURN TO LEFT THUMB AND FOREFINGER - BURNED WITH FIREWORK. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
SMALL TYPE A FIRECRACKER POPPED DX. THERMAL HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER EXPLODED ON HIM. DX-1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS R HAND A R CHE EK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
RT HAND 2ND DEGREE BURN-BURNED ON A ROMAN CANDLE THAT EXPLODED IN HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT HOLDING A CANDLE "FIRECRACKER" THAT WENT OFF IN HER HAND,LACERATION AND BURNS TO PALM AND FINGERS, CHIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT WAS SHOOTING ROMAN CANDLES WHEN ONE BLEW UP IN HER HAND. DX-2ND DEGREE BURN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURN ON HAND FROM SPARKLER-BURN RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT. BURNED LT. HAND WHILE PLAYING WITH A FIRECRACKER AT HOME DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LT. HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PLAYING WITH FIREWORK AND IT BLEW UP IN HAND;TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT.INJ.L.HAND AT MOTHERS HOUSE WHEN TYPE R FIREWORK BLEW UP IN HAND. DX ; PARTIAL THICKNESS THERMAL BURN L.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT HAD AN UNKNOWN FIRECRACKER BLOW UP IN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURN TO L HAND AFTER PLAYING WITH FIRE CRACKER DX: 1ST & 2ND DEGREEBU RNS (TYPE P)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT.INJ.RT.HAND AT HOME WHEN HOLDING A TYPE K FIREWORK & IT WENT OFF. DX ; 3RD.DEG.BURN RT.HAND & 2,3, FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
DX LEFT HAND BURN: BURNED BY FIREWORKS WHILE LIGHT THEM. TYPE P, SIZE UNKNOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
25 BURN LEFT HAND.PT WAS LIGHTING FIRECRACKER AND SOME POWDER LEAKED OU T AND WHEN LITE IT BURNED HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS BURNED W/SPARKLER ( TYPE L). DX: SECOND/THIRD DEG BURNS L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
8 Y.O. B MALE W/BURN TO HAND. MOM STS FIRECRACKER EXPLODED IN HAND ON7/ 4. TYPE A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED HAND ON FIREWORKS.TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
LT HAND BURN-@ HOME-HIT BY BOTTLE ROCKET-TYPE E1
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT GRABBED TYPE L SPARKLER 2 DAYS AGO BURNING HAND; 2ND DEGREE HAN D BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
43 YO M INJURED HANDS WHEN FIRECRACKER BLOW UP THEM-NO FIRE INVOLVED FOREIGN BODY-HAND...NO FIRE INVOLVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LT HAND FROM FIRECRACKER (TYPE P) EXPLODING IN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT BURN ON R HAND FROM FIRECRACKERS FRIDAY BLISTERS BETWEEN THUMB AND I NDEX FINGER, 2ND DEGREE BURN R HAND UNKNOWN TYPE OF FIREWORKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS BURNED BY FIREWORKS, FIRE DEPT WAS NOT INVOLVEDDX: SECOND DEGREE BURN ON HAND TYPE R, CALLED "BLOWING FLOWER"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
TOUCHED A HOT ROMAN CANDLE (TYPE I) DX: HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
HAD SMOKE BOMB IN HAND AND BURNED HAND;TYPE K
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT HAD A SPARKER IN LEFT HAND AND SOME SPARKS FROM OTHER SPARKLER BURNE D PTS HAND; TYPE L SPARKLER. D: BURNS L HAND / PALM,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HOLDING A FIRECRACKER TYPE P WHEN IT EXPLODED IN LEFT HAND THERM AL BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
SHOOTING OFF ROMAN CANDLE AND BURNED HAND;TYPE I
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
GUNPOWDER WAS LYING ON GROUND, FIREWORK DEBRIS FELL INTO IT, PT WAS WAL KING BY AND IT CAUGHT FIRE, BURNS TO HANDS, NO. F.D. ATTENDANCE NOTED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
16 YO WF - DYE EXPOSURE - HAND DISCOLORATION - DEVELOPED YELLOW DISCOLO RATION TO BOTH HANDS AFTERHANDLING RESIDUE OF UNEXPLODED FIRE WORKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED W/SPARKLERS TO BOTH HANDS, SPARKLER OUT, CHILD GRABBED HOT STICK. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS BOTH HANDS, NO FD. TYPE L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
M 80 (TYPE C) BLEW UP 2 FT FROM PT'S HAND. DX: OPEN WOUND 1.5 CM R HAND, 1,5 CM R INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED HAND WHEN SPARKLER BLEW UP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS RT HAND AND BICEP.PT LIT A FIREWORK AND ONE MA LFUNCTIONED AND BURNED PTS HAND AND BICEP.TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
31 Y.O. B MALE W/BURN TO HAND. PT INJ SELF W/FIREWORKS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
LT HAND 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS-HOLDING SEVERAL SPARKLERS IN HAND THAT BURNT TOO FAST-TYPE L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LT HAND FROM FIRE WORK (TYPE R) AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS LIGHTING A HANDFUL OF SPARKLERS AND HAND CAUGHT ON FIRE, ACUTE 1 ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
WHILE PICKING UP EXTINGUISHED FIREWORKS AND A FLOWER WENT OFF EXPELLING FLAMES DX; LT HAND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT FOUND UNDETINATED TYPE E1 BOTTLE ROCKET IN PARK, TRIED TO LIGHT W/OUT SUCCESS, BEGAN TO DISASSEMBLE AND SUFFERED BLAST INJURY; HAND BUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
57 YOM BURNED HAND ON A SPARKER TYPE L LT HAND BURN 1ST DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FIREWORK EXPLODED IN HAND;TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
LEFT HAND BURN.PT WAS HOLDING LIT SPARKLERS AND IT BURNED HAND.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
ROCKET EXPLODED IN HAND;TYPE E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS BURNED BY MORTAR FIREWORK (TYPE R) WHICH EXPLODED IN HAND. DX: SECOND DEG L HAND BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT STATES FIRECRACKER(M-80) BLEW UP IN HAND, BURN TO HAND TYPE C
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Fireworks
RIGHT HAND PARTIAL AMP AND DEGLOVING. HOME MADE FIREWORKS EXPLODED IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURN TO NECK ANTERIOR AND L HAND FROM SPARKLER. DX. BURN 1-2 DEGREES N ECK AREA AND L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER BLEW UP IN HAND, BURN HAND TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
RT HAND BURN-BURNT ON A SPARKLER-@ HOME-TYPE L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS BURNED W/FIREWORKS. FD NS. DX: SECOND DEG BURN R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT BURNED ON HAND/FINGER BY TYPE L SPARKLER THROWN BY ANOTHER PERS ON ON STREET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
2-STORIES, 1-STICK OF DYNAMITE BLEW UP IN HAND, "CAME OUT OF NOWHERE", 2-HIT WITH EXPLODING FIRECRACKER, - DX BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
43 YO M M80 WENT OFF IN HAND. FIRE DEPT. DID NOT RESPOND. DX BURNS R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Fireworks
PT SUST. BURN TO HAND FROM FIRECRACKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
THERMAL BURNS TO BILATERAL HANDS AND ABDOMEN.PT WAS SHOOTING FIREWORKS AND INJURED HANDS AND ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT HX M80 FIRECRACKER EXPLODED IN HIS RT HAND APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
TYPE A FIRECRACKER POPPED IN HAND DX. HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
INJURED LIGHTING ARTILLERY SHELL TYPE D DX. HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT WAS SHOOTING FIRECRACKERS, ONE WENT OFF IN HAND. DX-SUPERFICIAL BURNS RIGHT HAND. FIRE DEPT. DID'T ATTEND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PT LIGHTING FIRECRACKER, WENT TO THROW IT, IT WENT OFF IN RT HAND, LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS PUTTING OUT FIREWORKS FIRE IN GARBAGE CAN. FD NS. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN R PALM 2ND DEG 1%TBSA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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