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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,098
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SPARKLER WENT OFF IN PT'S HAND. DX: FACIAL ABR, R SHIN ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS SETTING UP FIREWORKS TONIGHT AND STATED THAT HE TURNED WRONG AND FELL. DX. PAINFUL KNEE, DISLOCATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks |
| PT RECEIVED CONTUSION TO NECK WHEN RUNNING FROM FIREWORKS AND RAN INTO CLOTHESLINE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2009 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fireworks |
| REPORTS A FIRECRACKER WENT OFF NEXT TO RT EAR WHILE SLEEPING NOW WITH E AR PAIN>>TM PERFORATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2009 | Age: 17 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 |
| ACC STRUCK INTO LT EYE WITH "FLASHING FIREWORK",+TRANSIENT LOSS OF VISI ON>>TRAUMATIC HYPHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SOMEONE LIT A FIREWORK CLOSE TO PT'S EAR AND NOW PT CANT HEAR. DX EAR PAIN. TYPE FIREWORKS UNK, TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 23 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 |
| ETOH INTOXICATED HELD A STICK OF BOTTLE ROCKET/FIREWORKS AS IT WAS INGI TED BURNING HAND>>BURN/ TYPE E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2009 | Age: 17 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 |
| PT LIT FUSE ON MORTAR (TYPE R UNKNOWN ) WHICH EXPLODED ON ARM. DX: FIRST/SECOND DEG BURN L FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WITH CONTUSION TO RIGHT RIBS AFTER BEING HIT WITH FIREWORKS. TYPE OF FIREWORK IS UNKNOWN. FIREWORK TYPE R DX CONTUSION TO RIGHT RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 2ND DEG BURN TO THUMB. PT HAS A FIREWORK EXPLODE NEAR HAND. TYPE NOT ST ATED |
| 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: 07/07/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT STATES WAS BURNED ON THE CHEST WITH FIREWORKSDX BURNS TO CHEST. TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2009 | Age: 25 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 |
| WATCHING FIREWORKS WHEN A FB FLEW INTO EYE - POSSOBLE FALLING ASH - TYP E R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Blankets |
| CALVES BURNED-@ FIREWORKS DISPLAY -ONE MISFIRED AND LANDED ON BLANKET W HICH CAUGHT ON FIRE-TYPE M-FD NS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 23 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 |
| 23YMC TRYING TO LIGHT UP FIREWORKS WHEN IT EXPLODED INTO FACE/BURN/TYPE P |
| 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: 19 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 WAS BURNED BY FIREWORKS (TYPE R UNKNOWN). DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| ELBOW BURN-BURNED ON ELBOW-WATCHING PUBLIC FIREWORKS-HIT W/ FALLING DEB RIS-TYPE M |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 18YOM INJURED LT EYE FROM A HOT ASH FROM FIREWORKS (TYPE R) LAST EVENIN G,EYE IS SCRATCHY AND WATERY;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS AT TYPE M FIREWORKS DISPLAY , FELT LIKE SOMETHING GOT IN LT EYE IT WAS WASHED OUT, STILL FEELS FB SENSATION. DX-LT EYE FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Clothing |
| PT WAS LIGHTING 100' PIECE OF FIREWORKS WICK ON FIRE WHEN CAUGHT CLOTHING ON FIRE (TYPE R UNKNOWN). FD NS. DX: PART THICK BURN 45% TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 21 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 |
| BURN TO FACE-PT SUSTAINED A BURN FROM TYPE E1 BOTTLE ROCKET AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT SETTING UP A MORTAR TYPE FIRE WORKS AT HOME AND IT SHOT OUT WHILE ST ANDING OVER IT INTO PENIS LACERATION PENIS TYPE G |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 19YOM, LIT SPARKLER, HIT HEY , BURN CORNEA; TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| AT FIREWORKS DISPLAY PUBLIC TYPE M LOOKING UP AND FELT DIZZY AND LIGHTH EADED--SYNCOPEAND DEHYDRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| CONTUS/STRAIN FOREARM, HX OF BOXERS FX, PT FELL WHILE LIGHTING FIREWORKS, BROKE CAST FROM PREVIOUS FX. TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS STRUCK IN HEAD BY UNKNOWN FIREWORK (TYPE R) DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, HEAD CONT, ELEVATED BP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 21 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 |
| BURNED HAND WITH AERIAL SHELL BURN LT HAND * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SEIZURE: 19YOM HAD SEIZURE,FELL,STRUCK HEAD OFF CONCRETE WALL,ABRA'S SHOULDER,HEAD,WERE LIGHTING FIREWORKS,TYPE R, WHEN EPISODE HAPPENED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FALLING ASH FROM FIREWORKS SHOW, TYPE M, FELL IN EYE DX: EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS LIGHTING MULITPLE FIREWORKS WHEN WAS BURNED BY SEVERAL OF THE ROCKETS TO RIGHT ARM. DX: BURN TO ARM TYPE E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT LIGHTING OFF FIRECRACKERS AT HOME AND WHILE RUNNING AWAY STRAINED KN EE STEPPED IN A HOLE/TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Footwear |
| PT STEPPED ON FIRECRACKER CAUSING BURNTO FOOT AT THE CHURCHCAUGHT BETW EEN FOOT AND SANDAL SHOE...DX: 2ND DEGREE FOOT BURN TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BENT OVER JUST AS BOTTLE ROCKET SHOT UP. RT. EYELID LACERATION TYPE (E1 ) BOTTLE ROCKET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fireworks |
| WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS AND STARTED C/O OF HAVING EYE PAIN. DX: F/B TO LEFT EYE* UNKNOWN TYPE OF FIREWORK TYPE "R" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2009 | Age: 17 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 |
| 2ND DEGREE BURN RT HAND-SUS BURN TO RT HAND AFTER HOLDING A ROMAN CANDL E WHILE LIT. PT CRYING DUE TO PAIN. TYPE I |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS HIT WITH SPARK FROM FIRE CRACKER DX: RT EYELID CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LIGHTING FIREWORKS AND BURNED HAND AT HOME. DX-BURN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2009 | 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 |
| AT FRIENDS HOME FIREWORKS BLEW UP IN FACE ..EYE PAIN...CORNEAL ABRASIO N AND INBEDED FB IN EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2009 | Age: 17 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: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT FRACTURED HIS FACE FROM BEING STRUCK BY A BOTTLE ROCKET. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/22/2009 | 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 |
| FIRECRACKER FLEW UP AND HIT PT. DX: 3% TBSA BURN FACE & NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/04/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| RIGHT HAND INJURY FROM FIRE CRACKER EXPLODING IN HAND. DX- 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BUTTOCK BURNS-PT STUCK A BOTTLE ROCKET IN BUTT-THEN LIT THE ROCKET-BURN ED BUTT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks, Pipes |
| PT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING A FIREWORK INTO A PIPE WHEN THE FIREWORK EXPLODED IN L HAND, OPEN WOUND TO L HAND DX: LAC, & BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| 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 |
| Date: 01/01/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fireworks |
| DECREASED VISION/CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS OF LEFT EYE - HIT IN FACE BY FIREWORKS (MORTAR) LAST NIGHT. FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT ATTEND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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