Accidents - Fireworks - Year 2004 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 936
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	238
6-15 years old:	148
16-25 years old:	227
26-50 years old:	322

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/08/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
RIGHT SMALL FINGER BURN. PT WAS PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS AND BURNED FINGE R
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/06/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED THUMB LIGHTING A BOTTLE ROCKET/ 2ND DEGREE BURN RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
LIGHTING SPARKLER & ACCIDENTLY SINGED THUMB. ACUTE 2ND DEGREE FLAME BUR N RT THUMB (TYPE L FIREWORK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL AND LIGHTING FIREWORKS LIT A MORTAR TYPE OF SHE EL WITH A FAST WIK EXPLODED IN HANDS AMPUTATED FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/20/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURN TO L MIDDLE FINGER FROM SMOKE BOMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT TOUCHED TIP OF SPARKLER TYPE L AT FRIEND'S HOUSE BURNING FINGER BURN TO 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
RT THUMB INFECTION-C/O SWELLING AND DRAINAGE TO RT THUMB AFTER BEING BU RNED WITH A FIREWORK 2 DAYS AGO. NO OTHER INFO. TYPE R - UNKNOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED R THUMB ON SPARKLER (TYPE L) GREEN LONGER & THICKER THAN REGULAR SPARKLERS DX 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE BURNED HER LT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON A SPARK LER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT BURNED THUMB AND FINGER ON FIREWORKS. DX: 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT THUMB AND RIGHT INDEX FINGER. NOT STATED WHAT KIND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
FINGER ABS-LIGHTING A FIRECRACKER & IT EXPODED IN HIS HAND-@ NEIGHBOR'S TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT BURNED FINGERS PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS. 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS. TYPE L.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FLASHBURN TO FIREWORKS LT HAND 2ND DEGREE BURN LT HAND AND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fireworks
M-100 (TYPE C) W/ 1 1/2" FUSE BLEW UP IN PT'S HAND AS HE WAS THROWING IT. DX: OPEN FX R MIDDLE FINGER, R THUMB FX, BURST LACS FINGERS 1-4.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
THUMB BURN-BURNED WHILE LIGHTING A SPARKLER-TYPE L-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Doors
PT BURNED FINGER LAST NIGHT W/A FIRECRACKER (TYPE P). PT ALSO SLAMMED SAME FINGER IN DOOR THIS AM. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT BURNED ON 3RD/4TH FINGER AND FOOT BY TYPE L SPARKLER AT HOME BURN ON FINGERS/FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FINGERS BURNED-ON SPRKLERS-@ HOME-TYPE L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
28YOMC BURNED FINGERS ON CANNON FIREWORKS FUSE (TYPE H)/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Lighters
PATIENT BURNED THUMB WITH LIGHTER WHEN LIGHTING SMOKE BOMB AT NEIGHBOR' S HOUSE YESTERDAY; 2ND DEGREE THUMB BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fireworks
FIRE CRACKER EXPLODED A FEW INCHES FROM HAND FX PHALANX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
TYPE A FIRECRACKER POPPED IN HAND DX. FINGER CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
LEFT 2ND FINGER INJURY ; FIRECRACKER EXPLODED IN HAND. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER, TYPE P POPPED IN HAND DX. FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO THROW FIRECRACKER OUT CAR WINDOW WHEN IT EXPLODED IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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