Accidents - Fireworks - 6-15 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,896
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	576	Face:	338
Upper Trunk:	215	Hand:	158
Foot:	143	Lower Arm:	117
Pubic Region:	96	Lower Trunk:	94
Finger:	66	Head:	30
Upper Arm:	30	Ankle:	15
Knee:	6	Upper Leg:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/01/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
CHILD GOT A HOLD OF SPARKLER/ FIREWORKS DX: L LOWER EYELIDS SPARKLER BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
(L) EYE LID BURNED WITH A PIECE OF TUBING THAT FIREWORKS SIT IN 2 DAYS AGO DX- BURN TO EYE LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Fireworks, Gun powder or ammunition
12 YO M 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE AND ARM LIGHTING GUNPOWDER TO SET OFF BOTTLE ROCKET,,EXPLODED CAUSING INJURY, NO MENTION OF FIRE DEPT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Day wear
FIRECRACKER IN JEAN POCKET. DX BURNS TO KNEE NO INFORMATION ON FIRECR ACKER, TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	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
TYPE F FIREWORKS (SPINNER) PT WAS HOLDING WHEN FRIEND LIT NOW PT W/ BURN TO HAND. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED HAND WITH FIREWORKS;DX THERMAL BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
4TH OF JULY PT WAS USING A TYPE L FIREWORKS SPARKS FELL DOWN & BURNED TIP OF HIS RIGHT 5TH FINGER NOW GETTING RED/SWELLING. DX CELLULITS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS BURNED BY SPINNER FIREWORKS TYPE K. DX: L ARM/CHEST BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Day wear
PT LIT A FIRECRACKER IN BACK POCKET OF PANTS ON STREET AND INJURED BUTTOCK DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT BUTTOCK TYPE A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT BURNED FOOT ON FIRE CRACKER AT HOME. TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT TRIED TO CATCH FIREWORK WHICH FELL BY PARACHUTE TYPE R AND WAS HITIN EYE ON 7/4. DX: R EYE SUBCONJ HEMORRHAGE, HYPHEMA, CLOUDY CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 12 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
PT PLAYING WITH FIRECRACKERS AT HOME TYPE A AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BUN R TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Day wear
PT PLAYING W/TYPE R FIREWORKS IN ABANDONED GARAGE, SPARKED GASOLINE AND JEANSCAUGHT ON FIRE, NOW W/BURNS TO THIGH/LEGS, BACK & BUTTOCKS; BURNS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Fireworks
PT SUSTAINED WITH CHEMICAL BURNS TO THE HAND AFTER SETTING OFF FIREWORK TYPE OF FIREWORK NS@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS AT HOME SITTING TO CLOSE TO THE FIREWORKS, EXPLODED CAUSING A BU RN TO CHEST, AND RINGING IN EARS. TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
ABRASION EYEBALL WHEN DEBRIS FROM FIREWORKS WENT INTO EYE;DX EYEBALL AB RASION TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
MORTAR FIREWORK TYPE B BLEW UP IN PT'S HAND. DX: R FOURTH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
SHE WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS, IN THE STREET, AND A SPARK, OR PIECE OF ASH FROM A TYPE H FIREWORK, FLEW IN HER EYE. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION, LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
FB TO R EYE, FIREWORKS (R) BLEW BACK IN IT DX; FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT IN HEAD W/MORTAR FIREWORK TYPE B. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, 4 CM L BROW LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS RUNNING YESTERDAY WHILE PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS (TYPE R) & FELL C/O RT WRIST FOREARM PAIN. DX-RT RADIAL AND ULNAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 6 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
PT PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS AT HOME TYPE L AND GOT A SPARK IN EYE ABRASIO N EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Containers
PT GRABBED MORTAR FIREWORK TYPE B OUT OF BOX AND DIDN'T REALIZE FUSE WAS ALREADY LIT. DX: BURNS FACE/R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 6 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
ACCIDENTALLY GOT HOT ASHES FROM ?SPRAKLER INTO EYE >>FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL/SUPERFACIAL EYELID BURN, FIREWORKS TYPE L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
A SPARK FROM A "SPARKLER" FELL IN PT'S RIGHT EYE(SMALL BLISTER NOTED) DX; RIGHT UPPER&LOWER EYELID BURN (TYPE L)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED TO FACE WITH A *** THAT LIGHTS FIREWORKS...2ND DEGREE BURNTYPE R TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Chairs
SOMEONE SHOT FIREWORKS WHICH LANDED IN PATIENT'S CHAIR. BURN UPPER BACK FIRE; NO FIRE DEPT. TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS WHEN SPARK WENT BACK ON FACE. D: BURN T O FACE / CORNEAL ABRASION (TYPE L / SPARKLERS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BOTTLE ROCKET TYPE E1 WENT OFF NEAR WHERE PT WAS PLAYING. DX: 4% PARTIAL THICKNESS/SUPERFICIAL BURNS BILAT ANKLES/THIGHS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 9 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
REPORTEDLY STRUCK ONTO EYE BY UNKNOWN TYPE OF FIREWORKS, NOW WITH FOREI GN BODY SENSATION>> FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL/CORNEAL ABRS, FIREWORKS TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 13 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 TO LEFT HAND WITH SIX SPARKLERS TYPE L BURNED HAND *
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
HIT IN EYE BY "SOMETHING" AFTER DETONATING SOME FIREWORKS, SAYS HE TOOK COVER BEHIND TRUCK, BUT HIT ANYWAY;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL.TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 8 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
PATIENT AT RED,WHITE & BOOM FIREWORKS DISPLAY LAST NIGHT, GOT ASHES FRO M TYPE M FIREWORKS IN EYE,NOW WITH PAIN & REDNESS; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Nonelectric blankets
PT WAS AT HOME, HAD A FIREWORK EXPLODE ON THE BLANKET THAT SHE WAS SIT TING ON CAUSING A BURN TO RT FOOT. TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER EXPLODED NEXT TO PT NEAR THE EYE AT HOME CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS (TYPE "A" FIRECRACKER) LT LOWER EYELID ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS EMPTYING GUNPOWDER FROM CONE TYPE J FIREWORK AND RUBBED FINGERS TOGETHER CAUSING FLASH. FD NS. DX: R HAND/FACE BURN.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Day wear
ANOTHER CHILD THREW ATYPE K SMOKE BOMB INTO PT'S SHIRT WHILE IN STREET TALKING TO FRIENDS, BURN TO UPPER CHEST.CHEST PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fireworks
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE HAD LADY FINGER FIRECRACKER POP NEAR L EYE/ TYPE R DX TRAUMATIC L EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS NO FD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 8 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, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS AT HOME, PICKED UP A "BLUE FIREBALL: TYPE A OR B CAUSING A BURN TO RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Fireworks
AVULSION TO FOREARM, 8 YOM, LIGHTING FIREWORKS, ZIPPER'S, AND IT FLEW A T AN ANGLE INSTEAD OF UP HIT PT, 12 STITCHES. FIREWORK TYPE N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	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, Blankets
PT STATES LAYING ON BLANKET WATCHING FIREWORKS GOT ASHES IN EYE CORNEA ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT BURNED FINGERS W/FIREWORK UNKNOWN TYPE R. DX: R MIDDLE FINGER BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks, Pipes
PT PUT GUNPOWDER FROM FIREWORKS INTO COPPER PIPE TO WATCH IT SMOKE & IT EXPLODED. DX: FB ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
STRUCK IN EYE BY SMOKE BOMB (TYPE K)/ HYPHEMA LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Day wear
13 YOM 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO SCROTUM PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS AND ONE FLEW UP HIS SHORTS AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH A TOY ROCKET, CHIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
DX SUPERFICIAL, PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OVER MEDIAL ASPECT R FOREARM: PYROTECHNICS EXPLODED IN HAND WHILE DOING A STUNT FOR SCHOOL PLAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
SPARK FROM FIREWORK FELL INTO PTS EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT IN THE EYE W/BOTTLE ROCKET. DX: R EYE TRAUMA, POSS RUPTURED GLOBE, POSS LENS EXTRACTION, PENETRATI
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/01/2008	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
BURN TO LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER WITH FIRECRACKER. D: BURN TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 8 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 BURNED FINGERS WHEN FIREWORK WENT OFF IN LEFT HAND AT HOME. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT RECEIVED CORNEAL INJURY WHEN HIT IN EYE BY BOTTLE ROCKET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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