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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 746
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PLAYING WITH A SPARKLER AND IT TOUCHED FACE;DX BURNED FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PLAYING WITH SPARKLER AND POKED IN EYE ;DX THERMAL BURN AROUND EYE AREA AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| CHILD GOT A HOLD OF SPARKLER/ FIREWORKS DX: L LOWER EYELIDS SPARKLER BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2008 | 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 |
| (L) EYE LID BURNED WITH A PIECE OF TUBING THAT FIREWORKS SIT IN 2 DAYS AGO DX- BURN TO EYE LID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fireworks, Gun powder or ammunition |
| 12 YO M 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE AND ARM LIGHTING GUNPOWDER TO SET OFF BOTTLE ROCKET,,EXPLODED CAUSING INJURY, NO MENTION OF FIRE DEPT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 20 years | 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: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FIREWORKS EXPLODED IN HIS FACE,MED FLITE IN, FX MANDIBLE, LARYNGEAL EDE MA AND MULT FACIAL LAC'S TYPE UNKNOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BOTTLE ROCKET EXPLODED IN PATIENT'S FACE, TATOOING OF GUN POWDER ON F FORHEAD # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT STATES "I WAS BURNED X2 DAYS AGO W/FIRECRACKER" = DX 2ND DEGREE BURN FACE/HEAD AND NECK.TYPE "P". |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH A TYPE E1 FIREWORKS HAS CONT TO FOREHEAD AND ABR A |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BOTTLEROCKET HIT LT EYE NOW C/O PAIN REDNESS & WATERING DX CONJUNCTIVIT IS LT EYE* TYPE E BOTTLEROCKET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SPARKLER BURNED SIDE OF HEAD;DX BURNED FACE <1% BODY TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Containers |
| PT GRABBED MORTAR FIREWORK TYPE B OUT OF BOX AND DIDN'T REALIZE FUSE WAS ALREADY LIT. DX: BURNS FACE/R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS HIT TO THE FACE BY A FLYING ROCKET (TYPE E1) IN THE STREET JUST PTA.DX FACIAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| A SPARK FROM A "SPARKLER" FELL IN PT'S RIGHT EYE(SMALL BLISTER NOTED) DX; RIGHT UPPER&LOWER EYELID BURN (TYPE L) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 21 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 DEGREE BURN TO L CHEEK, CORNEAL ABRASION, LIGHTING FIREWORKS AND SPARKS LANDED ON ARTILLERY SHELL THAT EXPLODED. TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED TO FACE WITH A *** THAT LIGHTS FIREWORKS...2ND DEGREE BURNTYPE R TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS/SUPERFICIAL BURNS: WAS LIGHT'G FIREWORKS (TYPE A & E1) W ONE WENT OFF IN HIS FACE. NO VISION CHANGES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 3 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 3 YO F FACIAL CONTUSION ELBOWED BY NEIGHBOR WHEN RUNNING FROM ERRANT FIRECRACKER* TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT BURNED FACE WITH FIREWORKS (TYPE J). (-FIRE DEPT) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH A TOY ROCKET, CHIN LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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