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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 629
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2004 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FIRECRACKER (TYPE A) POPPED NEAR LEG DX. LOWER LEG BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/31/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PAIN TO LOWER LEG BY SPARKLER DX: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN LLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Plastic bags |
| LRG NUMBER OF EXPLOSIVE CAPS IN PLASTIC BAG IN POCKET. RUNNING, ENOUGH ENOUGH FRICTION TO CAUSE EXPLOSTION; BURN TO RT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT C/O BURN TO LFT LEG. PT WAS BURNED BY FIREWORKS NO FIRE DEPARTMENT I NVOLVEMENT. DX BURN TO LEG (FIREWORK TYPE 4) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT SUSTAINED BURN TO L LEG WHEN FIRECRACKER EXPLODED NEAR LEG. TYPE D. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN L CALF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2004 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT SUSTAINED BURN TO LEG FROM FIRECRACKER-DIRECT CONTACT, TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WITH FIRECRACKER BOUNCED HITTING PT ON LT LOWER LEG WITH 2 DEGREE BU RNS TO LT THIGH/CALF C/O PN, TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LEG BURNED WITH FIREWORKS, ROMAN CANDLE (TYPE A) WENT UP PANT LEGS & EXPLODED DX SECOND DEGREE BURN LLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT INJURED BY EXPOLDING FIRECRACKER; LEG CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURN TO BACK OF L LEG W/FIREWORKS DX: THERMAL BURN LLL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT BURNED WHEN FIRECRACKER EXPLODED NEAR LEG; TB LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Day wear |
| PT WAS SHOOTING FIREWORKS WHEN ONE SHOT UP PANTS AND STARTED SHOOTING O FF SPARKS CAUGHT POANTS ON FIRE THERMAL BURN TO LOWER LEG- TYPE- K |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT WAS SITTING ON PORCH WITH SEVERAL CHILDREN WATCHING COUSINS LIGHT TY PE K FIREWORKS WHEN IT SPUN UP ONTO THE PORCH. DX. 1ST DEGRE BURN TO LE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS MAKING INCENDIARY DEVICE TO USE AS FIREWORK WHEN IT EXPLODED SEN DING METAL PIPE PIECES INTO LEGS. ?FDA. TYPE I. D:MULT. FB/PW, ANKLE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/24/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Day wear |
| LIGHTING FIREWORKS TYPE NOT IDENTIFIED - WHEN HIS PANTS CAUGHT ON FIRES TATED HE MAY HAVE HAD SOME ACETONE ON HIS PANTS -DX: 1% 2ND DGR TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED LEG ON FIRECRACKER DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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