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Accidents - Fireworks - Year 2007 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 56
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:21
16-25 years old:34

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 07/25/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER EXPLODED NEAR LOWER LEG ON 4TH CAUSED ABRASION-WORRIED FB-X RAY-SHOWS METAL OBJECT THAT WILL BE WALLED OFF OR WORK SELF OUT OF SKIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2007Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT BURNED LEG ON FIREWORK TYPE R UNKNOWN LAST PM. DX: 2ND DEG BURN L LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
@HOME-WATCHING FIREWORKS-SPINNING FLOWER SPUN UP & HIT BILATERAL LEGS L CALF W/OPEN BLISTER RCALF 2 SMALLER BLISTERS FROM BURNS <10%BSA TYPE K
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
MALFUNCTION FIREWORK, BURNED LOWER LEG AND FOREARM. TYPE OF FIREWORK NO T STATED TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Day wear
PT AND FRIEND LIT A BOTTLE ROCKER TYPE E2 FRIEND DROPPED THE ROCKET IT FLEW UP PT'S PANTS LEG BURNED CALF AREA. DX BURN CAUSED BY FIREWORKS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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