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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 524
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 1%CHEST BURN.PT WAS IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHING FIREWORKS AND ONE FLEW AND WAS HIT IN CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/04/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 26 YOM LIT A "SPARKLER BOMB" (TYPE L) & IT EXPLODED. DX: R PTX, BLAST MATERIAL R ARM/LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 27 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, Swimming pools |
| PT JUMPED INTO POOL TO BLOCK EXPLOSION OF TYPE R FIREWORKS THAT WENT INTO THE POOL WHERE THERE WERE CHILDREN. DX-CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 43 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS LIGHTING FIREWORKS AND FELL AND INJURED RIBS. FD DID NOT ATTEND. TYPE OF FIREWORK NOT DOCUMENTED. TYPE R. DX: CONTUSION RIBS. |
| 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: 07/03/2006 | 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: 07/05/2003 | Age: 39 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 39 YOM FELL LIGHTING FIREWORKS CONTUSION CHEST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FIREWORK (TYPE R) EXPLODED ON CHEST. ACUTE 4CM LAC ANTERIOR CHEST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 33 YOM BURNED W/ FIREWORK BURN CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS LIGHTING FIREWORKS TYPE R 2 DAYS AGO AND TRIPPED. DX: DORSAL SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/1998 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/1998 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fireworks |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/04/1997 | Age: 42 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: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks, Metal containers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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