Accidents - Fireworks - 6-15 years old - Year 2005 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 789
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/05/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks, Tables
PUT M-80 ON TABLE AND THE POWDER BLEW INTO HAND TYPE B-C FIREWORK POWDE R EMBEDDED IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2005	Age: 9 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 HAD BOTTLE ROCKET EXPLODE IN HAND; 2ND DEGREE TB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 13 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: Amputation
Product: Fireworks, Doors
CARRYING A FIRECRACKER TO THROW OUT THE DOOR WHEN IT EXPLODED IN HIS HA ND PARTIALLY AMPUTATING IT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED WITH SPARKLER DX 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
CHILD PLAYING W/ FIRECRACKERS TYPE P, BENT DOWN TO PICK UP ONE THAT DI DN'T GO OFF & IT EXPLODED IN HAND. D:HAND LAC, POSS. LIGAMENT/NERVE INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fireworks
PT HAD A FIRECRACKER BLOW-UP IN HAND. TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 8 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
LIT BOTTLE ROCKET, DIDN'T LET GO OF IT UNTIL JUST BEFORE IT WENT OFF/ BURN RT PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT PLAYING WITH BOTTLE ROCKETS TONIGHT, 3 HRS AGO, ONE BLEW UP IN L HAND. DX: BURN HAND. TYPE E1.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fireworks
PT HAD A FIRECRACKER BLOW UP IN HAND. DX HAND FX WHAT KIND OF FIREWORK NOT STATED. TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2005	Age: 9 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
BURNED RT HAND PICKING UP FIREWORK. 2ND DEGREE BURN. TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2005	Age: 13 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
BURNED HAND WITH SPARKLER WHEN RUNNING AND TRIPPED, FELL ON HAND,(TYPE L)PARTIAL THICKNESS AND 1ST DEGREE BURN RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT GOT BURNED AT HOME BY FIRECRACKERS THAT HE LIT ON THE GROUND. DX: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS HAND & ARM. TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
FIREWORK EXPLODED IN PT'S HAND LAST NIGHT. DX: LAC HAND. TYPE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 9 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
FIRECRACKER EXPLODED IN L HAND LAST NIGHT. DX: BURN PALM & FINGERS 2ND DEGREE. TYPE P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT BURNED RIGHT HAND WITH A ROMAN CANDLE. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT HA ND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 14 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
PATIENT HOLDING TYPE E1 "***" BOTTLE ROCKET AT HOME, LIT ONE HAND, IGNI TED PACK IN OTHER HAND; 2ND/3RD PALM/FINGER BURNS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
2. 12 YOM HAD A TYPE A FIREWORK GO OFF IN HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Fireworks
PT SUSTAINED A BURN OF A HAND FROM A BOTTLE ROCKET (E1) AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Fireworks
10 YO MALE BURNED HAND ON FIRECRACKERS FIRST DEGREE BURN RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Fireworks
"HAND CRUSH INJURY"-FIRECRACKER EXPLODED IN HAND-FATHER THOUGHT FIRE CR ACKER WAS A "LEGAL ONE"-NO DETAILS-TYPE L
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Fireworks
PT HAD A UNKNOWN FIREWORK EXPLODE IN HAND. NOT STATED WHAT KIND.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/25/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
BOTTLE ROCKET EXPLODED IN PT'S HAND TONIGHT. DX: LAC HAND COMPLICATED, DX2: MULTIPLE FX HAND.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/06/2005	Age: 8 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. WAS PLAYING WITH A BLACK CAT FIRECRACKER, BURNED HIS HAND BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2005	Age: 11 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
PT WITH BURNS TO LT HAND BY LIGHTING A FIRECRACKER PLACED OBJECT OVER I T BURNING LT HAND, 2 DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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