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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 839
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/05/2003 | Age: 40 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 |
| RT HAND 2ND DEGREE BURN-BURNED ON A ROMAN CANDLE THAT EXPLODED IN HIS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURN ON HAND FROM SPARKLER-BURN RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT.INJ.L.HAND AT MOTHERS HOUSE WHEN TYPE R FIREWORK BLEW UP IN HAND. DX ; PARTIAL THICKNESS THERMAL BURN L.HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 40 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 |
| 25 BURN LEFT HAND.PT WAS LIGHTING FIRECRACKER AND SOME POWDER LEAKED OU T AND WHEN LITE IT BURNED HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS BURNED W/SPARKLER ( TYPE L). DX: SECOND/THIRD DEG BURNS L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 43 YO M INJURED HANDS WHEN FIRECRACKER BLOW UP THEM-NO FIRE INVOLVED FOREIGN BODY-HAND...NO FIRE INVOLVEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 29 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 |
| 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LT HAND FROM FIRECRACKER (TYPE P) EXPLODING IN IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 26 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 BURN ON R HAND FROM FIRECRACKERS FRIDAY BLISTERS BETWEEN THUMB AND I NDEX FINGER, 2ND DEGREE BURN R HAND UNKNOWN TYPE OF FIREWORKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS BURNED BY FIREWORKS, FIRE DEPT WAS NOT INVOLVEDDX: SECOND DEGREE BURN ON HAND TYPE R, CALLED "BLOWING FLOWER" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| TOUCHED A HOT ROMAN CANDLE (TYPE I) DX: HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| GUNPOWDER WAS LYING ON GROUND, FIREWORK DEBRIS FELL INTO IT, PT WAS WAL KING BY AND IT CAUGHT FIRE, BURNS TO HANDS, NO. F.D. ATTENDANCE NOTED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS RT HAND AND BICEP.PT LIT A FIREWORK AND ONE MA LFUNCTIONED AND BURNED PTS HAND AND BICEP.TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 31 Y.O. B MALE W/BURN TO HAND. PT INJ SELF W/FIREWORKS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 41 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 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS-HOLDING SEVERAL SPARKLERS IN HAND THAT BURNT TOO FAST-TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LT HAND FROM FIRE WORK (TYPE R) AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 42 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 LIGHTING A HANDFUL OF SPARKLERS AND HAND CAUGHT ON FIRE, ACUTE 1 ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 45 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| WHILE PICKING UP EXTINGUISHED FIREWORKS AND A FLOWER WENT OFF EXPELLING FLAMES DX; LT HAND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS ON HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Fireworks |
| RIGHT HAND PARTIAL AMP AND DEGLOVING. HOME MADE FIREWORKS EXPLODED IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/15/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| RT HAND BURN-BURNT ON A SPARKLER-@ HOME-TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 43 YO M M80 WENT OFF IN HAND. FIRE DEPT. DID NOT RESPOND. DX BURNS R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT LIGHTING FIRECRACKER, WENT TO THROW IT, IT WENT OFF IN RT HAND, LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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