Accidents - Fireworks - 26-50 years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,477
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	803	Finger:	355
Face:	347	Eyeball:	321
Ear:	218	Ankle:	109
Upper Trunk:	86	Head:	71
Neck:	71	Lower Leg:	15
Lower Trunk:	15	Upper Arm:	15
Foot:	15	Unkown:	15
Toe:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Fireworks
FIREWORKS EXPLODED INJURED EYE AND HAND. (NOT DOCUMENTED WHAT KIND OF FIREWORKS. DX-EYSUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, LACERATION HAND,PHOKERATITI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT STATES THAT ROMAN CANDLE POPPED INTO EYE. DX: CHEMICAL IRRITA TION TO RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURN HAND - PT PRESENTS WITH RIGHT HAND FLASH BURN FROM FIREWORKS - FIR EWORK DID NOT DISCHARGE FROM PT'S HAND - SHORT FUSED AND BURNED AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2006	Age: 30 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 PLAYING WITH SPARKLER AT HOME, WHEN SHE PICKED IT UP IT WAS HOT, THE RMAL BURN RT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 50 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
LIGHTING FIREWORKS, WENT OFF AT EYE LEVEL/ THERMAL INJURY LT EYE, 1ST DEGREE BURN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS BURNED BY A BOTTLE ROCKET FIRED AT HER. DX: FIRST/SECOND DEG BURNS ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	Age: 26 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: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT IN *** WHEN FIRECRACKER ROCKET EXPLODED AN ARM LENGTH AWAY. NO OTHER TYPE INFO. TYPE E D: DECREASED HEARING, EYE IRRITATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
STRUCK IN FACE WITH LIT BOTTLE ROCKET THERMAL CORNEAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 29 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 BURNED RIGHT THUMB TUESDAY EVENING ON A SPARKLER THERMAL BURN TO FIN GER TYPE L ("TYPE L" REFERS TO TYPE OF FIREWORK ACCORDING TO STUDY)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 28 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: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fireworks
INTOXICATED AND HAD AN M80 FIRECRACKER GO OFF IN HAND WHILE SETTING IT OFF FX AND AVULSING THREE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
RIDING IN BACK OF TRUCK 2 DAYS AGO,HIT IN EYE WITH FIRECRACKERCONTUSION LT EYE VESSICULAR LESION EYEBALL TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	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
C/O PT STATES WAS BURNED WHILE LIGHTING FIREWORKS [UNKNOWN] DX BI-LATERAL BURNS TO HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	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 BURNED HAND ON "SPARKLER" (TYPE L) DX: L HAND BURN 2ND DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 32 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
BURN TO FINGER FROM SPARKLER TYPE L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
1% AND 2% BURNS TO UPPER EXTREMITY AND NECK.PT HAD A FIRECRACKER THROWN AT HER.TYPE P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
PT.INJ.RT.EYE AT PARK WHEN WATCHING FIREWORKS & SMOKE & SOOT BLEW IN EY ES. TYPE R FIREWORKS. DX; CHEMICAL EXPOSURE RT. EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
SCALP LACERATION - STRUCK IN HEAD WITH A BOTTLE ROCKET ROMAN CANDLE , T YPE I WITH A HANDLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 33 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 BURNT HAND ON A FIRECRACKER.TYPE P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
RT FOOT BURN.PT HAD A FIREWORK MALFUNCTION AND FALL OVER AND IT IGNITED ON FOOT.TYPE H.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
CORNEAL AB-PIECE OF FIREWORK FELL INTO EYE-@ A PARK-TYPE M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT LIGHTING OFF FIRECRACKERS AT HOME WHEN ONE BLEW UP ON HIS LEG THERM AL BURN LOWER LEG TYPE P ("TYPE P" REFERS TO THE TYPE OF FIRECRACKER)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
PT GOT FIREWORK DEBRIS IN EYE (NO FIREWORK TYPE LISTED) DX: FOREIGN BODY IN EYE REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PT HIT IN THE NECK BY THE FIN OF A ROCKET TYPE FIREWORK 3CM LAC RT SIDE OF NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
VIETNAM VIET TO ER WITH AGGITATION DUE TO FIREWORKS(TYPE R, NOT STATED)
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS SHOOTING OFF FIREWORKS WHEN ONE SHOT HER IN THE FACE LACE RATION CHIN- ROMAN CANDLES TYPE I
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
CONTUSION CHEST WHEN STRUCK BY A RICOCHETING FIREWORK AT A FIREWORKS SH OW. UNKNOWN TYPE R FIREWORK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 35 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
PT WAS LIGHTING A BUNCH OF SPARKLERS & THEY CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNT PT'S LEFT HAND, DX; 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS LEFT HAND/ TRANS TO BURN CTR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 28 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 BURNED HAND WHEN LIT FIRECRACKER AND IT EXPLODED IN HAND AT HOME. TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 32 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 ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT FIREWORKS WHEN THEY BLEW UP CAUSING PN TO LT HAND' TYPE R' DX: 2ND DEGREEBURNS TO RT HAND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	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
PT BURNT HAND WITH FIREWORK TYPE M PUBLIC DISPLAY MORTAR DX: L PALM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 26 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
DX CORNEAL ABRASIONS/FACIAL ABRASIONS: FLASH BURNS FROM FIRECRACKER (N OT ABLE TO IDENTIFY).
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks, Built-in swimming pools
PT WAS LIGHTING OFF FIRECRACKERS AT HOME AND JUNMPED BACK FELL INTO A P OOL STRIKING FACE LACERATION FACE- FIRECRACKERS TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	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
PT BURNED HAND WITH A FIREWORK. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TO LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
ROMAN CANDLE BLEW UP IN FACE 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT HIT BY FIREWORK NO TYPE LISTED DX: R ANKLE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 41 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 BURNED BY TYPE A FIRECRACKER EXPLODING IN HAND; TB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNS TO UPPER BACK FROM FIREWORKS DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
AT FRIEND'S HOUSE,FIRE CRACKER SIMLAR TO ROMAN CANDLE(TYPE I) TIPPED OV ER,RICOCHETED OFF HOUSE AND EXPLODED NEAR HIM CAUSING TINITUS. TYPE I
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 44 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
SECOND AND PARTIAL THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT HAND FROM SHOOTING FIRECRACKERS. (TYPE A)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Alcohol
L EYELASHED SINGED, UPPER EYELID 1ST DEGREE BURN,ABRAS R HAND. @ FRIEN D'S WAS STRUCK BY ROMAN CANDLE(TYPE I)POURED BEER ON IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BLAST INJURY FROM FIRECRACKER. HELD "GOODSIZED" FIRECRACKER LATE LAST P M WHICH WENT OFF IN HIS HAND.(TYPE B) AERIAL SHELL FROM MORTAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
LACERATION TO FOREHEAD AND RIGHT EYE PAIN SECONDARY TO FIREWORKS THAT SHOT PLASTIC INTO HIS FOREHEAD. TYPE OF FIREWORK UNKNOW - TYPE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PT. STATES AN AERIAL (TYPE H) FIRECRACKER BLEW UP IN HAND DX: L HAND LAC. / L 3RD FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
HAD BUG SPRAY ON HANDS WHILE HOLDING SPARKLER, SPARK IGNITED HAND AND B URNED IT, NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
29YOM FIRECRACKER BLAST CLOSE TO EAR ACUTE LOSS OF HEARING TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2006	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
PT HOLDING SMOKE BOMB WHEN IT WENT OFF "TYPE K" DX THERMAL BURN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2006	Age: 36 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
LARGE ROMAN CANDLE TYPE 1 FW EXPLODED IN PATIENT'S HAND, TINGLING AND NUMBNESS HAND. DX-1ST DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2006	Age: 30 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
PT LIGHTING SPARKLER AT HOME, SUSTAINED THERMAL BURN TO LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fireworks
PT RUNNING AWAY FROM FIREWORKS, TWISTED ANKLE; ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 26 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
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN FIREWORK POPPED UP INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fireworks
PT LIGHTING FIREWORKS, ROMAN CANDLE TUBE FELL AND SHOT FIREWORK INTO LT 2ND TOE, FX TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks, Pipes
POPPED FIREWORKS IN HAND HOLDING PVC PIPE W/FIREWORKS INSIDE DX; R HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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