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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 963
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/29/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 27YOM WHITE PLAYING W/ DYNAMITE BALLS AT ***,1 EXPLODED IN R HAND,+ETOH ,DX R 3RD-4TH FINGER OPEN FX,PARTIAL AMPUTATION R 4TH FINGER,LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/13/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PLAYING WITH LITE FIRECRACKER INJURED FINGER BURN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS IN KITCHEN PUSHING FIREWORKS INTO PLASTIC TUBE W/A STICK WHEN THEY EXPLODED. FD NS. BURNS FACE/CHEST/HANDS, L HAND FX'S, FINGER AMPUT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/15/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS BURNED W/A FIREWORK 2 DAYS AGO. DX: R THUMB & FOURTH FINGER BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FIREWORK EXPLODED IN HAND, DX AMPUTATION OF FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/16/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT HOLDING A SPARKLER AND IT BURNED RIGHT INDEX FINGER AND THUMB TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks, Metal containers |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH FIRECRACKERS - PUT SEVERAL TOGETHER; PLACED UNDER A CAN - FIRECRACKERS EXPLODED - MULTIPLE FRACTURES, LT FINGERS.TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/12/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WITH BURNS TO FINGERS FROM PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| WENT TO THROW A FIRECRACKER AND IT BLEW UP IN HER HAND/ ABRASION RT THU MB, BLODD BLISTER RT 3RD FINGER(TYPE A FIREWORKS) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Fireworks |
| HAOLDING LARD TYPE E1 FIREWORK IN HAND AND IT WENT OFF- DID NOT FLY OUT OF HAND - DISLOCATED THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/06/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT HOLDING M-98 FIRECRACKER TYPE P IN HAND & FAILED TO THROW IT BEFORE IT WENT OFF, BURNS TO 3 FINGERS, CUT TO FINGER, BLISTER ON THUMB; BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| HOMEMADE PVC PIPE BOMB (TYPE N) BLEW UP AS PT WAS THROWING IT. DX: FX L THUMB/INDEX/MIDDLE/RING FINGERS, MULT ABR, LOSS OF HEARING L EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS LIGHTING A MORTAR SHELL (TYPE R UNKNOWN) WHICH EXPLODED IN HAND. DX: R HAND LACS, TUFT FX R FIFTH DIGIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS USING HOMEMADE LAUNCHING DEVICE FOR FIREWORKS & IT EXPOLODED. (TYPE N). DX: MULT HAND FX'S OPEN, PARTIAL AMPUT L INDEX/MIDDLE FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT LIT SEVERAL SPARKLERS AT ONCE YEST AND THEY BURNT HER L INDEX FINGER AND THUMB. HAS BLISTER. (TYPE L FIREWORKS) DX THERMAL BURN FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SUPERFICIAL BURN DISTAL RT THUMB: 37YOF BURNED RT THUMB ON A LIT SPARKLER, TYPE L, SUPERFICIAL THICKNESS BURN, DISTAL THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS BURNED LIGHTING A SPARKLER (TYPE L). DX: BURN R SECOND DIGIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LT OPEN THUMB FX,MULTIPLE BURNS.PT WAS SHOOTING OFF FIREWORKS AND ONE E XPLODED AND INJURED THUMB.TYPE R. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LIGHTING FIREWORKS ON GROUND, LIT THE WICK&FIREWORKS WENT OFF RAPIDLY B URNING THUMB>>BURN/TYPE R FIREWORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| MOROR FIREWORK BLEW UP IN HAND, GREATER THAN 3" DIAMETER, FX TO FINGER TYPE H |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| MORTAR SHELL (TYPE R) EXPLODED IN PT'S HAND. DX: OPEN FX L THUMB, L LONG FINGER FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT USING A "ROMAN CANDLE" - TYPE 1 FIREWORK AND BURNED FINGERS. DX BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS BURNED ON THE RIGHT THUMB FROM FIRE WORKS. TYPE R DX: BURN TO FI NGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS HOLDING AN M80 (TYPE C) WHICH EXPLODED IN HAND. DX: MULT LACS R THUMB/INDEX/LONG FINGERS, OPEN TUFT FX LONG FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BLACK CAT FIRECRACKER WENT OFF IN HAND AT HOME BURN FINGER2ND DEGREE BU RN LT FINGER TYPE R. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED THUMB ON TYPE L. SPARKLER AT HOME, HAS 1ST DEGREE BURN TO THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS HANDLING UNKNOWN FIREWORK (TYPE R) WHICH WENT OFF IN HAND AT INDIAN RESERVATION. DX: PARTIAL AMPUTATION DISTAL PAD R INDEX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS HOLDING MORTAR FIREWORK IN HAND WHEN IT EXPLODED AT PARK. DX: BLAST INJURY R HAND, R LONG FINGER FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/24/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 12YMC SMALL FIRECRACKER EXPLODED IN HAND BURNS FINGERS/BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS LAST EVENING WHEN ONE OF THEM BLEW UP IN RIGH T HAND THERMAL BURN TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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