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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 264
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED ARM WITH ROMAN CANDLE BURN FOREARM # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT PLAYING WITH FIRECRACKERS AT HOME TYPE A AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BUN R TO LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED ARM ON FIREWORKS 2 DAYS AGO. DX CELLULITIS TO FOREARM TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS RUNNING YESTERDAY WHILE PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS (TYPE R) & FELL C/O RT WRIST FOREARM PAIN. DX-RT RADIAL AND ULNAR FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| AVULSION TO FOREARM, 8 YOM, LIGHTING FIREWORKS, ZIPPER'S, AND IT FLEW A T AN ANGLE INSTEAD OF UP HIT PT, 12 STITCHES. FIREWORK TYPE N. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT HAD A SPARKLER BOMB BLOW UP ON HIM. NO FD. DX: SECOND-DEGREE MULTIPLE BURNS TO FOREARMS. TYPE L. SPARKLERS NOFD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| DX SUPERFICIAL, PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OVER MEDIAL ASPECT R FOREARM: PYROTECHNICS EXPLODED IN HAND WHILE DOING A STUNT FOR SCHOOL PLAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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