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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 262
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/16/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| A 15 YOM STATES FIRECRACKER WENT OFF IN HAND WHILE THROWING IT IN TRASH CAN, CONTUSION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2010 | Age: 14 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 |
| 14YOM HOLDING A SMOKE BOMB AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO RIGHT HAND T YPE K |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: American Indian/Alaska Native |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 10 YOM LIT A *** (TYPE K) IN HAND & IT WENT OFF. DX: R HAND 2ND DEG BU RN/LACS, R 3RD FINGER NAIL PARTIAL AVULSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 9YOM HAD A FIREWORK, TYPE R, EXPLODE IN HIS FACE, & BURNED HIS RT HAND, HE WAS HOLDING IT. DX; BURN TO RT PALM, MULT. CORNEAL ABRASIONS, LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 11 YOM FOUND A "GOLF BALL" FIREWORK (TYPE R) ON BEACH, LIT IT & IT EXPLODED. DX: R HAND MULT FX'S W/DISPLACEMENT, MULT ABR/LACS. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 14YOM WAS LIGHTING SMOKE BOMBS (TYPE K)FOR THE 4TH OF JULY AND ONE EXPL ODED INRIGHT HAND C/O BURN. DX: SECOND DEGREE RIGHT HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 14 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 |
| 14 YR M BURNED HAND WITH UNSPECIFIED FIREWORK;DX BURNED HAND TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2010 | Age: 12 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 |
| 12YOM LIT A SMOKE BOMB AND FAILED TO LET IT GO IN TIME AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO HAND TYPE K |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| A 11 YOM SUSTAINED BURN AND BLISTER TO HAND FROM FIRECRACKER, TYPE P |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/01/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 10YOM HAS HAND INJURY FROM FIREWORKS EXPLOSION AT HOME HAND FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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