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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 633
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS AND BURNED HAND DX: R HAND 2ND DEGREE THERMAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2005 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNT HAND ON FIRECRACKERS THAT WAS HOLDING IN THE HAND " 2ND DEGREE BURN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LT HAND BURN-@ HOME-***FOREWORK EXPLODED IN HAND-TO SURGERY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/10/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| DX RIGHT HAND BURN: BURNED HAND WHEN BOTTLE ROCKET WENT OFF BY HAND. TYPE E1 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks, Nonglass bottles or jars |
| DX LEFT HAND LACERATION: THROWING AWAY PLASTIC BOTTLE USED EARLIER IN EVENING BY CHILDREN LIGHTING FIREWORKS, BOTTLE EXPLODED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT C/O BURN TO LFT HAND. PT BURNED HAND ON FIREWORKS FUSE. DX BURN HAND 2ND DEGREE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 1% RT PALM BURN.PT WAS TRYING TO PUT A ROMAN CANDLE FIREWORK OUT WITH P ALM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| ARTILLERY SHELL (TYPE R) EXPLODED IN PT'S HAND WHILE THROWING YESTERDAY DX: FIRST/SECOND DEG BURNS R HAND/CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT HELD A "QUARTER STICK" FIRECRACKER AND IT EXPLODED WHILE LIGHTING IT , BURN WITH FX TO HAND, TYPE POSS TYPE B/C |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FIREWORK WENT OFF IN HANDS TONIGHT. THERMAL INJURY, FLEXOR ASPECTS BILA TERAL HANDS 2ND TO FIREWORK. TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 22YOF-2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT HAND-BURNED WHILE HOLDING SPARKLERS-TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT DOVE TO AVOID A FIRE ROCKET AND FELL, FX HAND, TYPE E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FIRECRACKER (TYPE H) WENT OFF IN HAND/ LT HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED R HAND ON FIREWORKS (L), HANDFUL OF SPARKLERS DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT C/O BURN TO HANDS. PT BURNED HANDS WITH FIREWORKS. DX BURN RT AND LF T HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LEFT HAND BURN.PT BURNED HAND ON A SPARKLER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks, Toilets |
| SUPERFICIAL LAC L HAND,CONTUSION R HAND - PUT FIRECRACKER IN BOTTLE AND THREW IT IN TOILET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 25 YO MALE HAD FIREWORKS BLOW UP IN HAND AT HOME HAND INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/24/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| A BOTTLE ROCKET EXPLODED IN PATIENT'S HAND. DX-LEFT HAND INJURY WITH INFECTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED L HAND/FINGERS ON FIRECRACKER DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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