Accidents - Fireworks - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,110
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	247
Year 1999:	5
Year 2000:	85
Year 2001:	173
Year 2002:	5
Year 2003:	110
Year 2004:	65
Year 2005:	67
Year 2006:	20
Year 2007:	20
Year 2008:	117
Year 2009:	27
Year 2010:	163

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/15/2010	Age: 9 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: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
9YOM, PLAYING WITH LARGE BOTTLE ROCKET/FIRE WORK IN THE HOUSE, LIT IT&I T WENT OFF CUTTING ARM&HITTING FOREHEAD>>ARM LAC/F.HEAD ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2010	Age: 8 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fireworks
8YOF OPENED UP A SMALL POPPING FIRECRACKER AND GOT THE POWDER ON LOWER ARMS TURNED RED AND ITCHING CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2010	Age: 7 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
7 YOM-WAS WATCHING UNCLE SET OFF FIREWORKS & 1 FELL OVER & SPRAYED SPAR KS ONTO FOREARM/STOMACH-TYPE R DX THERMAL BURNS 1ST/2ND DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
11YOF; PT WAS WATCHING SOME FIREWORKS GO OFF WHEN ONE LANDED ON PT. D: DEEP 3RD DEGREE BURN TO LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 13 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
PT WAS STANDING NEAR FREING WHO LIT FIREWORKS AND WAS BURNEDDX BURNS TO LT LOWER ARM. TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2009	Age: 11 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: Other
Product: Fireworks
BURN TO HER R ARM FROM FIREWORK-NOW WITH SWELLING AND PUS DX: WOUND INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
A FIRECRACKER POPPED ON PTS ARM. D: 1ST DEGREE BURN TO LEFT FOREARM FIREWORK TYPE NOT STATED
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: 07/05/2008	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: 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: 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: 07/05/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fireworks
RUNNING FROM FIREWORKS TYPE R & TRIPPED, TWISTED WRIST WHEN FELL, FX RA DIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2007	Age: 14 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
FIREWORKS, NO DESCIPTION BURNED ARM/FOREARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BURNED BY ASH FROM FIRECRACKER SET OFF BY FRIEND. DX ARM BURN. TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 12 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
AT FIREWORKS PARTY, SOMETHING, ?FIRE WK BURNT F.ARM " BURN" TYPE OF FIREWORKS NS. "TYPE R"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 6 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 HIT ROCKET FIREWORK (TYPE E) W/A ROCK & IT WENT OFF. DX: BILAT FOREARM BURNS 10% TBSA.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 15 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
BURNS L FA W/ROMAN CANDLE ON FRI DX: 2ND DEGREE L FA BURN <1%BSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM FIRECRACKER WHEN SHE FELL ON FOREARM. TYPE A F IRECRACKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	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: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
12Y/M GOT BOTTLE ROCKET (TYPE E1) DUST IN EYE AT 10:00AM,DOG BIT FOREAR M AT COUSIN'S HOME 6:30PM; RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION & CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 8 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
FIREWORK EXPLODED BURNED ARM ( TYPE H FIREWORK ) DX: MULTIPLE BURN R FOREARM / NECK & CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Containers
PT RIDING IN AUTOMOBILE WHEN BOX OF FIREWORKS IGNITED BURNING SEVERAL CHILDREN IN VEHICLE. TYPE R. DX: 3RD DEG BURN FOREARM & SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 6 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, Day wear
BURNED BY FIREWORKS THAT HIT HIM THROUGH HIS SHIRT;BURN FA, TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
FIREWORK (TYPE R ) FLEW INTO CAR / PT. WAS A PASSENGER IN CAR DX: FOREARM, WRIST AND CHIN ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 11 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, Day wear
BOTTLE ROCKET ( TYPE E ) BURNED THROUGH PT'S SWEATSHIRT WHILE PT WAS WATCHING. DX: FIRST & SECOND DEG BURNS L FOREARM/CHEST WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2002	Age: 14 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: Laceration
Product: Fireworks, Glass bottles or jars
ROMAN CANDLE IN GLASS BOTTLE THAT EXPLODED AND HIT ARM, TYPE I;LAC ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2001	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	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: 07/05/2001	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2001	Age: 15 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: Fracture
Product: Fireworks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Basketball
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2001	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fireworks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2000	Age: 13 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2000	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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: 07/20/1999	Age: 13 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: 07/05/1998	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/1998	Age: 14 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: 07/04/1998	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks, Bottles or jars
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/1998	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks, Other glass bottles or jars
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/1998	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/1998	Age: 10 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

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