Accidents - Fireworks - 16-25 years old - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,394
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	633	Eyeball:	528
Finger:	371	Face:	144
Neck:	136	Ear:	91
Upper Trunk:	83	Lower Leg:	83
Foot:	76	Head:	68
Lower Trunk:	68	Upper Arm:	31
Lower Arm:	15	Ankle:	15
Upper Leg:	15	25 - 50% Body:	15
Mouth:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT WAS HIT IN EYE WITH FIRECRACKER, (BOTTLE ROCKET). DX-LEFT EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 12/26/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
WAS PLAYING WITH BOTTLE ROCKETS AND ON HIT HIM IN THE EYE...CONJUNCTION AL LAC AND HYPHEANA
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: 10/11/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Fireworks
17YFC HIT BY A BOTTLE ROCKET WITH 80 LBS OF PRESSURE UNDERNEATH CHIN C/O HEADACHE/MILD CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT WAS WALKING WHEN SOMEONE THREW A FIRECRACKER THAT BLEW UP IN FACE SUSTAINING A COMPLEX LACERATION TO UPPER LIP & NASAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Gasoline cans
PT AT BONFIRE, SOMEONE THREW IN A FIRECRACKER (TYPE P) THAT EXPLODED & HIT A GAS CAN THAT EXPLODED & CAUSED BURNS TO PANTS & LOWER LEG, NO FD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
RIGHT INDEX FINGER INJURY BY FIREWORKS, BURN BY FIREWORKS. DX: ABSCESS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2005	Age: 18 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
18 YR OLD FEMALE HAD FIRE CRACKER BLOW UP IN HAND BURN FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT PUT POWDER FROM FIRECRACKER (TYPE R UNKNOWN) IN MOLE HOLE & IT EXPLODED IN PT'S FACE. DX: CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 07/10/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
1ST DEGREE BURNS RT 4TH & 5TH DIGIT-SUS BURNS TO 4TH & 5TH DIGITS WITH A FIRECRACKER. BLISTERS ARE OPEN AND DRAINING. TYPE P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
HIT IN EYE ON 7/4 BY BOTTLE ROCKET. DX: IRITIS, POST TRAUMATIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT HAD A FIRECRACKER EXPLODED NEXT TO RT EAR. " EAR PAIN" TYPE P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BIL LEG BURNS. PT WAS STRUCK BY FLYING FIREWORKS. TYPE NOT STATED.
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: 07/06/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS BURNED ON 7-4 WHEN ROMAN CANDLE (TYPE I) SHOT INTO HIGH TOP SHOE DX: FULL THICKNESS BURN R ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER WENT OFF NEXT TO HIM 2 DAYS AGO. NOISE TRAUMA RT EAR & CONG ENITAL HEARING LOSS LT EAR. TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS BURNED BY FIREWORKS UNKNOWN TYPE R AT BEACH. DX: L INDEX SECOND DEG BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 24 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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fireworks
PT GOT STRUCK ON THE EYE BY A FIRING FIREWORK(ROMAN CANDLE). " RUPTURE GLOBE", FIREWORK TYPE 1
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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: 07/05/2005	Age: 18 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
PT DUMPED OUT THE GUN POWDER FROM A BOTTLE ROCKET AND LIT THE WICK AND THREW IT IN THE GUNPOWDER AND SUSTAINED A FLASH BURN TO FACE TYPE E1
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Ceilings and walls
20 YO MALE HAD FIREWORK HIT WALL AND THEN HIT UPPER ARM 2ND DEGREE BURN UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
20 YO - DX: BURN TO ANTERIOR NECK - "FIRECRACKER ROLLED DOWN MY NECK"
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: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
DX FOREHEAD LACERATION: WATCHING FIREWORKS, UNK FIREWORK RELATED OBJECT HIT FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
HIT IN FACE WITH BOTTLE ROCKET TYPE "E" DX: CORNEAL ABRASION LAC. TYPE E FIREWORKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT IN FACE W/BOTTLE ROCKET (TYPE E). DX: FACIAL LAC, L CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
WORKING WITH A MORTAR FOR FIREWORKS DISPLAY WHILE INTOXICATED TYPE R BA C-197 THE MORTAR EXPLODED SUSTAINED THERMAL BURNS TO LEGS ARMS CHEST
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT. WAS SHOOTING FIRECRACKERS AND BURNED HER LOWER ABDOMEN WITH "BLACK CAT" FIRECRACKERS-TYPE A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
LIGHTING FIREWORKS AND SPARKLER BOMB WENT OF 3 FT FROM PT 1ST AND 2NDD EGREE BURNS TO UPPER BACK (UNKNOWN FIREWORKS "TYPE")
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS LIGHTING A SPARKLER AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	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: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED FT STOMPING ON FIREWORK FT BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 20 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
PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN R PERIORBITAL AREA; ARTILLERY SHELL (TYPE H) FIR EWORK SHOT FROM 10 FEET AWAY, "SAW IT COMING & CLOSED EYES"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 07/04/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
HIT IN FACE WITH BOTTLE ROCKET CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT DX BOTH OCCULAR BURNS - PT C/O PAINN TO BOTH EYES DUE TOFIRECRACKER S TODAY (TYPE A FIREWORKS).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT GOT STRUCK ON THE EYE BY ROMAN CANDLE, FIREWORK. " TRAUMATIC IRRITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/UNKNOWN TYPE FIREWORK. DX: ACUTE L GLOBE INJURY, ANTERIOR CHAMBER INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT C/O EYE PAIN. PT WAS USING A *** FOR FIREWORKS AND FIREWORKS EXPLODE D INFRONT OF EYE. DX BLINDNESS AND DECREASED VISION RESOLVED.
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: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
18Y/F ASHES FROM FIREWORKS (TYPE M) SHOW "***" GOT INTOEYES BURN/TEARIN G,EMS FLUSHED,VISIBLE DEBRIS; RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
2% BURN RT UPPER EXTREMITY.PT HAD A BOTTLE ROCKET EXPLODE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT LIGHTING OFF ARTILLERY SHELL (TYPE G) FIREWORKS; ONE MISFIRED HITTIN G HIM IN THE NECK. DX; SMALL 3RD DEGREE BURN, UNDER RT EAR ON NECK;
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: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT AT BEACH IN ***, FIREWORKS (TYPE R) WENT OFF AND ROCK HIT PT IN L E YE DX: BLUNT TRAUMA L EYE
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: 06/21/2005	Age: 17 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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT PLAYING W/ M-80, TYPE C FIREWORK IN PARK, EXPLODED 1 FT AWAY FROM PT DX: SUPERFICIAL AND PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TO TORSO AND ARMS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/05/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Fireworks
PLAYING WITH FIRECRACKER WHICH EXPLODED DX AMPUTATION L INDEX FINGER
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: 05/01/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Day wear
PATIENT SUSTAINED BURNS TO RIGHT LEG, HAND & LEFT ARM AFTER FIREWORKS MOTOR EXPLODED IN PANTS POCKT. DX-MULTIPLE EXTREMITY BURNS, 1ST-3RD DEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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: 03/03/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS BURNED BY FIREWORKS. DX: R MIDDLE FINGER LAC 1 CM, R 1, 2, 3 DIGIT BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
OUTER CORNER OF R EYE STRUCK BY BOTTLE ROCKET. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, ABRASION FACE.
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

Date: 01/14/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fireworks, Glue guns
PT WAS SEALING END OF HOMEMADE FIREWORK(PVC PIPE & BOTTLE ROCKET POWDER W/HOT GLUE GUN & IT EXPLODED. DX: 2 DEG BURNS HANDS, DEGLOV, FING FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/02/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
HIT IN EYE WITH FIREWORK OCULAR LACER\RUPTURED GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED FOREARM WITH (TYPE A) FIRECRACKER DX. FOREARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PT HAD AA FIREWORK MORTER BLEW UP IN THE FACE, SUSTAINED "SEVERE FACIAL LACERATIONS/ BLAST FACIAL WOUND"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
LT EAR PAIN AFTER SHOOTING FIREWORKS/PHARYNGITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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