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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 141
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fireworks |
| CHI.PT LIT FIREWORKS AND WAS RUNNING BACKWARDS AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON THE GROUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fireworks, Poles |
| RUNNING FROM FIRECRACKER-HIT INTO POLE-CLOSED HEAD INJURY - TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 29YOF WAS DRINKING A LOT OF ALCOHOL ATTEMPTED TO LIGHT FIREWORKS, BURNE D FINGER, FELL, STRIKING HEAD. DX: LACERATION& CONTUSION, HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT. WAS PLAYING W/FIRE CRACKERS (TOY ROCKET), BENT OVER AND ONE CAME UP AND HIT HIM BELOW THE EYE. DX. CONCUSSION W/O LOC, CONT R ORBIT, FX R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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