Accidents - Fireworks - Year 2007 - Face

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 731
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	15
6-15 years old:	133
16-25 years old:	467
26-50 years old:	34
50+ years old:	80

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
LAC TO FACE AFTER FIRECRACKER TYPE P HIT HIM IN FOREHEAD DX; FACE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FIREWORKS TYPE R MAY HAVE GONE TOO CLOSE TO FACE, NOTICED ON JULY 4, RE DNESS/PEELING ON FACE/EYELID-BURN 3RD DEGREE <10%BSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Outdoor patio heaters or firepits
WAS 3 FT AWAY FROM FIRE PIT WHEN SOMEONE THREW SOME TYPE OF FIREWORKS I NTO THE PIT BURNS TO FACE TRANSFERED OUT UNKNOWN TYPE OF FIREWORKS R
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED FACE WHEN FIRECRACKER BLEW UP IN FACE. TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS, TYPE L, WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY POKED HIS RT EYE WITH SPARKLER AFTER IT BURNED OUT. DX; BURN INNER CANTHUS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT IN FACE W/FIREWORK TYPE R UNKNOWN. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR, FLASH BURN FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT BENT OVER LIT FIREWORK AND IT WENT OFF. BURN TO EYELID. TYPE I RO MAN CANDLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT MAY HAVE GOTTEN DEBRIS FROM FIREWORKS INTO EYE, C/O REDNESS & PAIN. DX - SUPERFICIAL BURN, RT EYELID FROM FIREWORKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Pipes
@ HM BTL ROCKET TYPE E IN PVC PIPE HOLDING APX 11" FROM FACE-ROCKET SHO T&SPARKS HIT FACE/WENT IN EYE-BLISTER NEAR/SMALL IN EYE-BURN 1ST CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
CUT FACE WHEN FIREWORK BLEW UP IN FACE UNK KIND TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT IN CHIN W/ MORTAR FIREWORK TYPE B. DX: 4 CM CHIN LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
21 YO M 1ST DEGREE BURNS TOFACE,2ND DEGREE TO HAND FIREWORKS EXPLODED WHILE PT WAS LIGHTING THEM. NO MENTION OF FD IN CHART* TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS WATCHING A TYPE K SMOKE BOMB WHEN A SPARK FLEW INTO EYELID AND EYE MOM WASHED OUT W/H20. DX FOREIGN BODY IN EYE, EYELID BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
LEFT EYELID ABRASION-C/O BLURRED VISION AFTER BEING STRUCK IN LEFT EYEL ID WITH A FIRE CRACKER WHILE SITTING ON HER PORCH. TYPE P SIZE UNKNOWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FIREWORKS EXPLODED INTO HAND THEN FLASHED BACK INTO FACE " BURN" TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/29/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT HAD A SPARKLER BOMB BLOW UP IN FACE. TYPE L. DX: MULTIPLE FACIAL ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Baby strollers
PT WAS IN STROLLER ON STRET AND FIRECRACKER GOT INTO STROLLER AND SUSTAINED 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FACE.FIRECRACKER "TYPE P".
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE,NECK AND HAND.PT HAD A FIREWORK ACCIDE NTALLY DISCHARGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks, Glass bottles or jars
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF AN EYELID FROM A BOTTLE ROCKET EXPLODING I N A GLASS BOTTLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
HIT IN FACE WOTH A SMOKE BOMB HAS BURN TO (R) CHEEK AND EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
STRUCK IN FOREHEAD BY FIRECRACKIER/ 2ND DEGREE BURN , CONTUSION FOREHEA D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER (TYPE A) POPPED NEAR FACE/FACIAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT WITH BURNS ON FACE WHEN ROMAN CANDLE FIREWORK EXPLODED CLOSE TO HIM 3 DAYS AGO. MULTIPLE SMALL BURNS. ?FDA. D:CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURN FACE, FIREWORK WENT OFF IN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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