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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 807
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/04/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 30 YOWF FRAGMENT FROM FIRECRACKER HIT LEFT FOREARM ARM AT HOME 1 DEGREE BURN LT FOREARM TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 28 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 LIGHTING OFF FIRECRACKERS AND ONE EXPLODED TOO EARLY SUSTAINED A THE RMAL BURN TO LOWER ARM/TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FIRECRACKER WENT OFF NEXT TO L WRIST/ARM AND BURNED HIS FOREARM. FIRE D EPARTMENT DID NOT ATTEND# (TYPE OF FIREWORK, R=UNKNOWN) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT THREW FIREWORKS TYPE R INTO A FIRE AND MORE FIREWORKS TYPE R IN HAND IGNITED. DX: BURN R FOREARM/HAND/BOTH LEGS PARTIAL THICKNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/04/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Fireworks, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| WHILE SITTING ON DECK, AN M-80 WAS THROWN FROM ACROSS ALLEY, PT SUSTAIN ED AVULSION TO ARM,MULTIPLE ABRASIONS, HAD BEER ,TYPE C |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks, Glass bottles or jars |
| PT PUT A FIRECRACKER IN A GLASS BOTTLE WHEN IT EXPLODED SUSTAINED A LAC ERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM TYPE- A |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED FOREARM AND FACE IN FIREWORKS ACCIDENT AT A PIGROAST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| MORTARS (UNKNOWN TYPE R) MISFIRED AT CHURCH FIREWORKS FUNCTION & HIT PT DX: SECOND DEG L FOREARM BURN/CONT, L UPPER ARM FIRST DEG BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| TONIGHT AT HOME AT 2200 LIT A PACK OF TYPE A FIRECRACKERS, THEY BLEW UP AND BURNED HER LEFT FOREARM. DX 1ST DEGREE BURN LT FOREARM, FIRECRACKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 2ND DEGREE BURN RT FOREARM-PT WAS BURNED WITH HOMEMADE FIREWORKS. EXPLO DED IN HAND. NO DESCRIPTION. TYPE "R". |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks, Metal containers |
| PT PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS AT HOME IN A METAL DRUM- UNSPECIFIED TYPE SUS TAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM FROM THE TOP OF THE METAL DRUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LT FOREARM BURN-WHILE DRIVING CAR ACROSS INTERSTATE BRIDGE-A FIREWORKOR A FLARE HIT HIS ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2001 | Age: 33 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 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2000 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/1999 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/1999 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/1998 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/1997 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/1997 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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