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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 345
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED EAR WITH FIREWORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT HAD ANOTHER TEENAGER THROW FIRECRACKER AT HER, IT WENT OFF, PERFORAT ION LT EAR DRUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PATIENT STATES FIRECRACKER WENT OFF RIGHT BY EAR. DX: PERFORATED EAR DRUM. NOT STATED WHAT KIND JUST FIRECRACKER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PTS SISTER TOUCHED HIS LEFT EAR WITH A SPARKLER THAT JUST WENT OUT THER MAL BURN TO EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| A FIRECRACKER PASSING BY POPPED NEAR EAR, DX EAR INJURY, TYPE A |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 13 YOM THREW A FIRE CRACKER (BLACK CAT) WAS STRUCK IN LEFT EAR. RUPTUR E OF TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, LEFT EAR (FIRE DEPT. DID NOT RESPOND) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FRIEND THREW FIRECRACKER AT PT, HITTING HIM IN THE EAR, AND GOING OFF BURN EAR. TYPE OF FIRECRACKER NOT STATED. NO FIRE INVOLVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT. DROPPED A FIRECRACKER ON THE GROUND AND SOMETHING HIT HIM IN L EAR WHEN IT EXPLODED. DX. LAC. EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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