Accidents - Fireworks - 16-25 years old - Year 2002 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 82
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Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Day wear
25 YOM HAD APPROXIMATELY 200 BOTTLE ROCKETS IN POCKET; ABOUT 30 WENT OF F IN POCKET. BURN OF UPPER LEG. D/T FIRECRACKERS. NO FD INV.; TYPE E-1
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
SHOT SELF IN LEG W/HOMADE ROCKET. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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