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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 315
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/28/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 38 YOM WAS SHOOTING FIREWORKS, HAD ONE IN HAND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO SHO OT UP BUT IT MALFUNCTIONED AND BACKBLASTED LEFT GROIN, BRUISING NOTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE TYPE N MADE WITH BOTTLE ROCKET AND CO2 CARTRIDGE EXPLODED UNEXPECTEDLY AT BEACH. DX: MULT ABDOM LACS W/BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN KIDS WERE THROWING FIRECRACKERS AT HER TYPE P FRACTURE COCCYN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2007 | Age: 26 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 Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Alcohol |
| RLQ BURN S/P HOUSE FIRE VS FIREWORKS EXPLOSION, PT IS ETOH INTOX, " BURN" FD DOC NF , FIRE WORK TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Baby strollers |
| SITTING IN STROLLER IN PARKING LOT @ PARK, BOTTLE ROCKET HIT PTS LIP AN D SLID ONTOABDOMEN, BURN ABDOMEN WITH CONTUSION TO LIP, TYPE E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LARGE ROCKET FIREWORK (TYPE E) SHOT ACROSS BACK & HIT BACK DX 2ND DEGREE BURN LOW BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT LIT MORTAR FIREWORK IN HAND TYPE B AND IT BACKFIRED. DX: FLASH BURN ABDOMEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 79 YO HAD' TYPE R' OF FIREWORKS FALL IN LAP BURN ABDOMINAL WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WALKING BACK TO CAR AT FIREWORKS DISPLAY & PERSON THREW UNKNOWN TYPE R FIREWORK BEHIND HER. DX: PART/FULL THICK BURN R BUTTOCKS/HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/02/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT HAD BACK PX WHILE LIGHTING FIREWORKS LAST PM. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN, SCIATICA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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