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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 360
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/21/2003 | Age: 19 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 |
| BURN TO L HAND AFTER PLAYING WITH FIRE CRACKER DX: 1ST & 2ND DEGREEBU RNS (TYPE P) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT.INJ.RT.HAND AT HOME WHEN HOLDING A TYPE K FIREWORK & IT WENT OFF. DX ; 3RD.DEG.BURN RT.HAND & 2,3, FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 16 YO WF - DYE EXPOSURE - HAND DISCOLORATION - DEVELOPED YELLOW DISCOLO RATION TO BOTH HANDS AFTERHANDLING RESIDUE OF UNEXPLODED FIRE WORKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| M 80 (TYPE C) BLEW UP 2 FT FROM PT'S HAND. DX: OPEN WOUND 1.5 CM R HAND, 1,5 CM R INDEX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LEFT HAND BURN.PT WAS HOLDING LIT SPARKLERS AND IT BURNED HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/03/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| ROCKET EXPLODED IN HAND;TYPE E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS BURNED BY MORTAR FIREWORK (TYPE R) WHICH EXPLODED IN HAND. DX: SECOND DEG L HAND BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2003 | Age: 16 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 |
| PT STATES FIRECRACKER(M-80) BLEW UP IN HAND, BURN TO HAND TYPE C |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/15/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS BURNED W/FIREWORKS. FD NS. DX: SECOND DEG BURN R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 18 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 |
| 2-STORIES, 1-STICK OF DYNAMITE BLEW UP IN HAND, "CAME OUT OF NOWHERE", 2-HIT WITH EXPLODING FIRECRACKER, - DX BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| THERMAL BURNS TO BILATERAL HANDS AND ABDOMEN.PT WAS SHOOTING FIREWORKS AND INJURED HANDS AND ABDOMEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/01/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS PUTTING OUT FIREWORKS FIRE IN GARBAGE CAN. FD NS. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN R PALM 2ND DEG 1%TBSA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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