275 Ways Americans Hurt Themselves — Badly — Playing With Fireworks
Last year, U.S. emergency departments treated an estimated 14,000 fireworks-related injuries. Here’s how a random sample of them happened. Advice: Don't set off a smoke bomb in a closed room.
To keep our pyrotechnically-inclined country safe, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission keeps tabs on the impressively-varied ways that fireworks land us in ER.
At a random sample of emergency departments, 275 patients arrived with fireworks-related injuries last year. (That number led the commission, in its annual report on firework safety, to estimate that Americans suffered a total of 14,000 fireworks-related injuries in 2013.)
For each injury, the selected hospitals have to supply a short "narrative." Here are all 275 of these microstories, grouped by diagnosis, in their entirety:
- 10YOM FINGER AMPUTATION/ BURNS / ABRASIONS WHEN TYPE N DEVICE MADE FROM SPARKLERS, ROCKET, FOIL EXPLODED BEFORE THROWN
- LEFT AMPUTATION OF THUMB,INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERTIPS..43YOM MADE A HOME MADE FIRECRACKER AND IT BLEW UP INJURED FINGERS.
- 50 YR OLD MALE HAD FIREWORK EXPLODE IMN HAND AMPUTATING THUM B AND ABRA DING HEAD
- 25 YOM WAS HOLDING A ROMAN CANDLE (TYPE I) WHICH WENT OFF IN HAND. DX: L SMALL FINGER TIP AMPUTATION, FX.
- 28YOM-THUMB NEAR AMP-"HOMEMADE BOMB"-SPARKLERS WRAPPED IN ALUMINUM FOIL COVERED W/ ELECTRICAL TAPE) TO BLOW UP TREE STUMP-BLEW UP HAND-@ HOME
- 26 YOM IGNITED A SPARKLER BOMB (TYPE L) WHICH EXPLODED. DX: BLAST INJ, COMMIN/DISPL TIBIAL FX, NEAR TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION L LEG.
- 26 YOM HAD A SPARKLER BOMB EXPLODE IN HAND. DX: COMPLETE TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION L HAND, BILAT LOWER EXTREMITY LACS, BILAT CORNEAL ABR.
- 33YM PULLED SHOULDER OUT OF IT SOCKET WHILE THROWING FIREWORKS >>D/L/ TYPE R
- 8YR M TYPE P FIREWORK EXPLODED IN HIS FACE;DX EYEBALL HEMORRHAGE
- 6YOF AT A NEIGHBORS HOUSE WHERE FIREWORKS WERE BEING LIT OFF SHE INHALE D SOME OF THE SMOKE AND STARTED TO WHEEZE ASTHMA ATTACK
- 13 YOM USING A SMOKE BOMB IN A CLOSED ROOM. SMOKE INHALATION
- 22MOM SKIN AVULSIONS TO FACE, SWELLING TO LIPS WATCHING FIREWORKS WITH FAMILY 100YRDS AWAY FROM NEIGHBOR WHEN ONE WENT INTO THE DIRT HITTING P
- 19YOF THOUGHT SHE WAS LIGHTING A CANDLE BUT IT WAS A FIRE CRACKER DX: FINGER AVULSION
- 34 Y/O B/F RECEIVED PUNCTURED WOUND TO FOOT WHEN SHOT BY FIRE CRACKERAT HOME. TYPE P
- 11YOM OUTSIDE IN HIS TRAILER PARK WITH KIDS SETTING OFF FIREWORKS TYPE P SCARED NEIGHBOR'S DOG WHO GOT LOOSE FROM CHAIN, BIT PT; PUNCTURED LEG
- 9YM WAS @ BASKETBALL CAMP&HELD SPARKLERS YTD NOW WITH RASH TO HANDS >>DERMATITIS/ TYPER L
- 4 YOM RUBBING EYE WHILE SHOOTING (TYPE R FIREWORKS), C/O EYE PAIN. DX. CONJUNCTIVITIS
- 9YR F PLAYING WITH TYPE L FIREWORK (SPARKLER) AND SPRKLER WENT IN EYE. PT WAS WEARING GLASSES;DX CONJUNCTIVITIS EYEBALL
- 9 YOM WAS PLAYING W/ SPARKLERS LAST NIGHT, FIREWORKS WENT OFF NEAR HEAD ,MOM NOT SURE IF FIREWORK OR SPARKLER HIT EYE. TYPE L AND R. DX: CONJ
- 14 YOF FIREWORKS EXPLODED, NOW HAS DECREASED HEARING. DX TM PERFORATION FIREWORK TYPE NOT STATED
- 48YOM-TM PERFORATION-A FIRECRACKER WENT OFF BY PT'S EAR-4 DAYS PTA-TYPE A-LWOT
- 23YOM LIGHTING OFF FIREWORKS FOR NEW YEARS WHEN A MORTAR ROUND WENT OFF NEAR EAR NOW UNABLE TO HEAR FROM EAR RUPTURED EAR DRUM
- 25YOF HAD FIREWORK EXPLODE NEAR FACE 3 DAYS AGO DX: TYMPANIC MEMBRANE ( TM ) PERFORATION - TRAUMATIC. TYPE R
- 6YOF EXPOSED TO SMOKE BOMB, EYE PAIN; SOOT REMOVED FROM EYE
- RT HAND AND LEG BLAST INJURY WITH FB.33YOM PUT A SPARKLER INTO INTO A METAL PIPE AND IT EXPLODED.TYPE L
- 8 YO M FIRECRACKER POPPED, ASHES WENT INTO L EYE DX R EYE FOREIGN BODY
- 7YR F FIRECRACKER POPPER POWDER IN EYE;DX FOREIGN BODY EYE
- 3YR M WOOD CHIPS FROM SMALL FIRECRACKER BAG IN EYE;DX FOREIGN BODY EYE
- 6 YOM TURNED AROUND AND WAS HIT BY A "***" USED FOR LIGHTING FIREWORKS( TYPE R). DX: FB EYE.
- 23 YOM HAD MORTAR FIREWORK EXPLODE INTO EYE. DX: FB R EYE, BLAST INJURY, FACIAL LAC.
- 12 YOM HIT WITH BACK END OF ROMAN CANDLE TO EYE AT FRIEND'S HOUSE. DX: FOREIGN BODY EYE, EYE CONTUSION.
- 58YF WATCHING FIREWORKS, LOOKED UP&SUDDENLY FELT BURNING SENS IN EYE >>FB REMOVAL TYPE R
- 35YOM-EYE FB-UNKNOWN DEBRIS/ ASHES BLEW INTO EYE WHILE WATCHING FIREWOR KS-TYPE M
- 4MO M TUNNING WITH TYPE L SPARKLER AND IT FLEW IN EYE;DX FOREIGN BODY E YE
- 14YM WAS LIGHTING FIREWORKS&?STH FLEW INTO EYE >>R/O RETAINED FB/ TYPE R
- 9 YOM PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS IN STREET WHEN HE AND FRIEND WERE STRUCK B Y CAR. TYPE R. DX: FRACTURE HUMERUS.
- 23YOM WAS LIGHTING AN UNK FIRECRACKER AND IT WENT OFF IN HAND HAND FRACTURE FIREWORKS TYPE-P
- 47YM LIGHTING FIRE WORKS, "QUARTER STICK" WHICH EXPLODED IN HIS HAND >>BLAST INJ., ARM FX/ TYPE R
- 32YOM-WRIST FX-"HOLDING A TUBE SHOOTING FIREWORK"-ROCKET BLASTED OFF & TORQUETED HIS HAND-CAUSED INSTANT PAIN-TYPE E
- 45YM ETOH INTOX'D LOOKING DOWN IN BARREL OF FIREWORKS WHEN 3 FIRED OFF HITTING HIS FACE>>FACIAL BONE FX/RUPTURED GLOBE
- 55YOM-OPEN FINGER FXS-POLISH MAN FISHING IN THE RIVER W/ EXPLOSIVES-A " LITTLE FIRE CRACKER BLEW UP IN PT'S HAND"-TYPE A
- 27YOM HAD TYPE J FOUNTAIN FIREWORK HIT FINGER CAUSING DX FRACTURE FINGE R
- 17YOM FELL AND ROLLED ANKLE LIGHTING FIREWORKS (TYPE R) SPRAIN TO RIGHT ANKLE@
- LUMBAR STR. 53 YOM FELL WHEN RUNNING BACKWARS AFTER LIGHTING A FIREWORK . TYPE R
- 32 YOM FELL IN THE ROAD WHILE HAVING A BOTTLE ROCKET WAR CO PAIN IN THE NECK DX CERVICAL STRAIN "TYPE E"
- 32 YOF FELL WHILE TRYING TO RUN AWAY FROM UNKNOWN (TYPE R) FIREWORK WHICH WAS COMING TOWARD HER AT PARTY. DX: CERVICAL/SHOULDER STRAIN.
- 7YOF FELL OFF PLAYHOUSE WHILE WATCHING TYPE R FIREWORKS AT HOME; NECK S TRAIN
- 18 YO FEMALE IN THE CITY WATCHING FIREWORKS, TYPE P AND THE CROWD GOT P ANICKED AND PT FELL AND TWISTED ANKLE. DX SPRAIN
- 10 YO F,C/O RT EYE PAIN, IRRITATION,PHOTOPHOBIA FROM YELLOW POWDER WHIL E PLAYING WITH "SNAP", DX CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION
- 4 YO M BURN TO EYE FROM FIREWORKS HAPPENED WHEN SPARKS FROM AN M-80 FLE W INTO EYE M-80 IS THE TYPE C
- 14YOM WAS HOLDING A ROMAN CANDLE, TYPE I, AND SPARKS FLEW IN RIGHT EYE, RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION, NO FIRE DEPARTMENT
- 34 YOM WAS A SPECTATOR AT FRIEND'S HOME WHEN MORTAR FIREWORK (TYPE R) EXPLODED NEAR HIS FACE. DX: CORNEAL ABR L.
- 7 YO FEMALE RUNNING WITH FIREWORK IN HAND, FELL, SPARKLER GOT IN EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION. FIREWORKS TYPE L
- 18 YOM WAS HIT BY RELOADABLE MORTAR SHEL (TYPE H) WHICH TIPPED OVER & SHOT TOWARDS HIM. DX: L EYE BLAST INJ, L CORNEAL ABR, CENTRAL EDEMA.
- 17YOM FIREWORKS FOUNTAIN HIT IN CHEST JUMPED BACK AND FELL, CHEST WALL CONTUSION (TYPE G FIREWORKS)@
- 14YOF-CORNEAL AB-WATCHING FIREWORKS WHEN A PIECE OF ASH HIT EYE-TYPE M
- 13YM A FIRECRACKER IN A PLASTIC BOTTLE THROWN @ HOME EXPLODED IN FACE >>CORNEAL ABR/ TYPE A
- A 23 YR OLD FE HAD A FIREWORK ESXPLODE & HAS ABRASIONS TO BILATERAL UPP ER LEGS AND HIP DX ABRASIONS
- 42 YR OLD MALE WAQTCHING FIREWORKS AND SOMETHING WENT IN EYE WITH CORNE AL ABRASION,TYPE R
- 5YOF GOT A SPARK FROM A FIREWORKS, TYPE P, INTO LEFT EYE, LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
- 13YR F HIT IN FACE WITH TYPE E1 FIREWORK, A BOTTLE ROCKET;DX CORNEAL AB RASION
- 29 YO MALE SETTING FIREWORKS OFF, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX CORNEAL ABR ASION. FIREWORK TYPE R
- 5YOM SITTING ON PORCH WITH MOM THROWING TYPE A FIRECRACKERS OFF PORCH I NTO GRASS, UNSURE IF FIRECRACKER HIT IN EYE OR MOM'S CIGARETTE;CORN ABR
- 5YOM GOT ASH IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION FROM FIREWORKS UNSPECIFIED TYPE R
- 31 YOM WAS BURNED AFTER LIGHTING A FIRECRACKER (TYPE P). DX: INFECTED ABR FINGER.
- 35 YO M INJURY TO LEG FROM FIREWORKS ABRASION LEG
- 6YR M HIT WITH *** FIREWORKS;DX EYE CONTUSION
- 36YOF WITH CONTUSION TO HEAD AFTER BEING STRUCK IN TEMPLE WITH FIREWORK .(UNKNOWN TYPE).
- 27YF WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS TONIGHT&AS SHE WAS LEAVING FELT ?STH WENT I NTO EYE>>CORNEAL ABR TYPE R
- 24YOM KNELT TO LIGHT FIREWORK AND IT TOOK OFF HIT IN THE FACE AND GOT G ASH TO LEFT LEG, ABRASION FOREHEAD (TYPE E) "SHOT TO REMEMBER"@
- 16 MOF DOG BITE LT SCALP WHILE OUTSIDE W/FAMILY SHOOTING (TYPE R) FIREWORKS DOG SCARED. DX CONT/ABRASION SCALP, DOG BITE
- 33YOF C/O LT EYE INJURY AFTER A ROMAN CANDLE TYPE "I" BLEW UP LAST NIGH T. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
- 27YOF WAS HIT IN EYE WITH *** CANDLEDX: CORNEAL AB LT EYE. TYPE I DX: CORNEAL AB LT EYE. TYPE I
- 9 YOM FIREWORKS (TYPE R) EXPLODED IN FACE, BILAT EYE PAI N DX: BILAT CORNEAL ABRASION
- 45YOM WATCHING FIREWORKS WHEN A ROCKET SHOT INTO FACE LACERATION FACE T YPE D
- 31YOM LIGHTING MORTAR TYPE FIREWORK THAT MISFIRED, THREW IT AND IT EXPL ODED IN HIS HAND/ COMPLEX LAC RT HAND (TYPE R)
- 48 YOM WAS HIT BY UNKNOWN (TYPE R) FIREWORK WHICH WAS FLYING AROUND. DX: FACIAL LAC/CONT, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, R CORNEAL ABR.
- LT FOREARM LAC, 18 YOM MADE A FIREWORK OUT OF A WINE BOTTLE WHEN IT EXP LIDED
- 12YOF LIGHTING FIREWORKS AND ONE CAME DOWN AND HIT FACE... FACIAL LACER ATION UNKNOWN TYPE R
- 16YR M FIRECRACKER OF UNKNOWN TYPE BLEW UP IN PT HAND;DX HAND LACERATIO N
- 16YOM FIREWORKS\EXPLODED IN HANDS, FIREWORKS(NS) IN BOTTLE & EXPLODED, DX. THERMAL BURN HANDS, ABRAS, LACS ANT NECK, R UPPER EXT, R SHIN
- RT THIGH LAC.22YOM PUT A SPARKLER INTO A METAL PIPE AND IT EXPLODED.TYP E L
- 17YOM SUSTAINED INJURY TO HAND WHEN A FIRECRACKER (TYPE R) EXPLODEDIN H IS HAND. DX - BLAST INJURY, PALMAR LAC, 5TH METACARPAL HEAD FX
- A 24 YR OLD MALE STATES FIRECRACKER BLEW UP IN HIS HAND DX HAND LACERATION
- 34YOM C/O OF PAIN TO HAND/FACE.LIGHTING "TYPE P" FIRECRACKER. ETOH 2 06.DX LACS TO HAND/FACE LEFT BEFORE COMPLETING TREATMENT
- RT EYEBROW LAC.44YOM PUT A HOMEMADE BOTTLE ROCKET INTO A PVC PIPE AND IT BLEW UP.TYPE E2.
- 34 YOM HIT SHARP EDGE OF BROKEN TOILET W/HAND AFTER UNKNOWN (TYPE R) FIREWORKS WERE LIT OFF. DX: R HAND LAC 2.5 CM.
- 15YM HOLDING FIRECRAKER BALL&WAS HITTING IT WITH HAMMER WHEN IT EXPLODE D CUTTING HAND>>LAC
- 51 YOM HAD A FIREWORK EXPLODE IN FRONT OF HIS EYE. DX: RUPTURED GLOBE R EYE, FACE LACS, 2ND DEG AV BLOCK, TM RUPTURE.
- 45YM LIGHTING UP A FIRECRACKER WHICH EXPLODED IN HIS CHEST/ARM >>LACS/ TYPE A
- 16 YOF FIREWORKS , TYPE NOT KNOWN HIT PT IN R EYE DX: GLOBE LAC
- 19YOF WAS HIT BY A FIREWORK , TYPE P, THAT WAS THROWN AT LEG AND EXPLODED, RIGHT KNEE LACERATION AND SUPERFICIAL BURN, NO FD
- 16YM ACC A FIRE WORK, M80 BLEW UP INTO HIS FACE, NO LOC >>EYEBROW LAC/ TYPE C
- 50YOM SUSTAINED A HAND LACERATION AFTER A FIRECRACKER BLEW UP IN IT TYP E A
- 75YOM WITH LAC TO FOREHEAD AFTER A FIREWORK FELL FROM AIR AND HIT F ACE. DX FACIAL LAC%
- 29YOM C/O LAC TO R PALM S/P FIREWORK ACCIDENT, LIGHTING A FIRECRACKER AND IT EXPLODED IN L HAND DX: LAC OF THE UPPER EXT, HAND
- 10 YO M WITH AN UNDESCRIBED TYPE OF FIREWORK THAT GOT "STUCK " IN ARM D X: LAC AND SKIN ABRASIONS
- 34YOM HAD A FIRE WORK ROCKET SHOOT AT HIM AND HE PUT HAND UP TO BLOCK I T LACERATION FINGER TYPE D
- 23 YO F INJURED HAND ON FIREWORKS TYPE R/LAC HAND
- 42 YOM WAS HIT BY FIREWORKS (TYPE R) WHICH EXPLODED IN FIRE AT NEIGHBOR'S. FD NS.DX: LAC L HAND, R ANKLE SPRAIN, FIREWORKS ACCIDENT.
- 29 YOM FIREWORKS EXPLODED IN HAND, SUSTAINED LAC BETWEEN LT THUMB & INDEX FINGER. DX LAC
- 44 YOF WAS HOLDING A ROMAN CANDLE WHICH EXPLODED. DX: SECOND DEG BURN L HAND.
- 26YOM-HAS BURNS TO 1ST/2ND FINGERS/HAND-SET OFF FIREWORKS THIS A-NOON-T YPE E1-BOTTLE ROCKETS-NO FD DX 1ST/2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FINGERS/HA
- 2YF WAS IN *** WHEN SUSTAINED BURN TO B/L HANDS ON FIREWORKS, MOM WANTE D FOLLOW UP>>BURN
- 27YOF PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN RT BREAST,SHE WAS HOLDING HER CHILD THAT HAD A LIT SPARKLER,TYPE L,CHILD DROPPED SPARKLER DOWN HER SHIRT
- 34 YOM BURNED FOREARM WHEN FIREWORKS EXPLODED TYPE R DX: FOREARM BURNS ----NO FD
- 11YOM PLACED ANOTHER FIREWORK SHELL IN TUBE CANISTER (TYPE H) WHEN PREV IOUS SHELL EXPLODED, BURNS TO 2ND DEGREE FOREHEAD, BURN EYE@
- BURN TO FOREARM 26 YO F BURNED FOREARM SHOOTING FIREWORKS TYPE OF FIREWORKS NOT STATED
- 20 YOF RT EAR PAIN. LARGER FIREWORK SET OFF AND FELL OVER AND SHOT OUT SPARKS. DX: RT OUTER EAR BURN, TYPE R FIREWORK
- 22M WF GRABBED A SPARKLER HAS BURN TO FINGERS TYPE L SECOND DEGREE BURN MULTIPLE FINGERS, 1ST DEGREE BURN THUMB
- 3YOM WITH BURN TO NECK AFTER IT WAS TOUCHED WITH A SPARKLER FIREWORK (T YPE L)
- RT INDEX FINGER BURN.8YOM PICKED UP A SPARKLER AND IT BURNED FINGER.TYP E L
- 11YOM CHEEK BURN WHEN BOTTLE ROCKET FIREWORK TYPE E1 HIT LEFT CHEEK
- 25 YOM MADE A HOMEMADE FIREWORK (TYPE N) WHICH EXPLODED. DX: FACIAL BURN, UPPER EXTREMITY BURN.
- 2YOF INJ.RT.2,3,4, FINGERS AT HOME LAST NIGHT WHEN GRABBED A HOT - TYPE L SPARKLER. DX; 1ST. & 2ND.DEG. BURNS RT 2,3,4, FINGERS.
- 50YOF FIREWORK FELL OVER BEFORE GOING OFF A PIECE OF ARTILLERY SHELL LA NDED ON BETW FOOT AND SHOE THERMAL BURN FOOT TYPE R
- 45 YOM WAS TRYING TO PUT OUT A FIRE FROM FIREWORK (TYPE R UNKNOWN) W/ HIS HAND LAST PM. DX: PT BURN R HAND.
- 16 YO MALE AT A BLOCK PARTY AND A FIRECRACKER, TYPE P WENT UP PTS SHIRT AND BURNED CHEST. DX BURN
- 15 YWM BURNED HAND ON A SPARKLER AT HOME TYPE L 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT HAND
- 19MOM-FOOT BURN W/ INFECTION-STEPPED ON A LIT SPARKLER-1 WEEK PTA-AREA BECAME INFECTED-TYPE L
- 26 Y O M BURN HAND HOLDING A LIT FIREWORK WHILE INTOXICATED
- 48YOM WITH FACIAL BURN FROM FIRE WORK EXPLOS. DX: BURN TO FACE NO FIRE DEPT ON SCEEN
- 3YOF HAD SPARKLER ASH GO DOWN BACK OF SHIRT 2ND DEGREE BURN OF BACK
- 13YOM PLAYING W/ FIREWORKS TYPE E AND BURNED HAND; THERMAL HAND BURN
- 18YOM HAD HOMEMADE SPARKLERS EXPLODE IN HAND WHEN LIGHTING IT. WAS BUND LE OF SPARKLERS WRAPPED W/ MECHANICAL TAPE.TYPE L. DX:BURNS TO FINGERS
- 35YOM WITH BURNS AFTER LIGHTING 25 SPARKLERS (TYPE L) CAUSED EXPLOSION LIGHTINGTHEM ALL DX BURN OF HAND LEFT AND RIGHT **
- 12YOM LIGHTING A FIRECRACKER AND IT WERNT OFF IN HAND THERMAL BURN TO H AND TYPE A
- 26 YO F INJURED HAND WITH FIRE CRACKER TYPE R/BURN HAND
- 6 YOM FIREWORKS, KIND NOT KNOWN HIT PT IN NECK DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TYPE R
- 3 YOF WAS BURNED BY FIREWORKS (TYPE R UNKNOWN) GOING OFF ALL AROUND HER. DX: FACIAL LACS, SOFT TISSUE AVULSION, SUPERF BURNS R EAR & FOOT
- 22MOF BURNED HAND ON A SPARKLER (TYPE L)/ 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN RT HA ND
- 11 YOM ATTEMPTING TO SET OFF A FIREWORK BOMB WHEN IT EXPLODED IN HIS HA ND. TYPE K. DX: BURN FINGER.
- 7YOF RUNNING WHILE BAREFOOT, STEPPED ON TYPE L SPARKLER EMBER; BURN TO TOE
- DX L PALM PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN: 24YOM W BURNING SPARKLES W THEY IGINI TED IN R HAND CAUSING BURNS TO PALMAR FINGER & PALM (TYPE L)
- 24 YOF HAD FIREWORK (TYPE R) GOT OFF NEAR FACE WHILE SITTING ON PORCH. DX: FACIAL BURN.
- 14YOM SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO LOWER LEG AFTER BEING HIT WITH A FIRE WORK TYPE K
- 21YOF WAS AT FIREWORKS THIS EVENING AT *** AND FEELS LIKE SHE GOTA FIRE WORK IN HER EYE DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN EYE TYPE R
- 10 YOM PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS 6 DAYS AGO WHEN A SPARK FELL DOWN INTO HI S SHOE. TYPE L. DX: BURN ANKLE.
- 13YOF WITH SIBLING PLAYING WITH TYPE L SPARKLER FIREWORKS, ACCIDENTALLY LIT A TARP ON FIRE AT HOME, TRIED TO PUT OUT W/HAND; HAND BRN, NO FD
- 28 YY/O FEMALE WAS GOING TO SET OFF FIREWORKS WHEN FUSE BURNED HER LEFT FINGERS DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS
- 12 YR OLD MALE HOLDING JUMPING JACK FIREWORK AND HAND CAUGHT A SPARK,TH REW IT ON FLOOR AND BURNED HAND,TYPE K, FD??
- 6YOM STEPPED ON SPARKLER AND BURNED FOOT TYPE L
- 18YOM HAD A M 80 FIRE WORK BLOW UP IN HIS HAND/ BURN MULT FINGERS RT HA ND ( TYPE C FIREWORK)
- 12YOF PRESENTS W/ BURN TO ABD DUE TO A FIRECRACKER, TYPE P DX BURN TO A BD 5%TBSA
- 39YOM HAD A SMOKE BOMB GO OFF IN LEFT HAND, LEFT HAND AND FINGERS BURN, SMOKE BOMB TYPE K , NO FIRE DEPARTMENT
- 13YOF BURNED THUMB ON A SPARKLER, TYPE L, THAT SHE WAS HOLDING, LEFT THUMB 1ST DEGREE BURN, NO FD
- 6YR M HIT BY TYPE E1 FIREWORK, BOTTLEROCKET;DX BURN TO CHEST & UPPER AR M
- 9 YOM HOLDING A FIREWORK BOMB AND IT WENT OFF. TYPE K. DX: BURN FINGE RS.
- 37YOF WITH BURNS TO UPPER LEGS FROM FIREWORKS TYPE R THAT ENTERED THECR OWD
- 45YOM BURNED HAND WHILE LIGHTING SPARKLERS TYPE L
- 35YOF WITH BURN TO L FINGERS WHILE HOLDING A "WHISTLER" FIRECRACKER, TY PE P. DX BURNS TO FINGERS%
- 14 YOM ROMAN CANDLE EXPLODED IN HIS HAND. TYPE I DX: BURN HAND.
- 36YOF FIREWORKS BURN LT LEG/THIGH, HIT BY ROGUE FIREWORKS-4 DAYS AGOSWE LLING/ERYTHEMA DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN LEG, CELLULITIS TYPE R
- 3YOF BURNED LEFT CHEEK WITH SPARKLER (TYPE L) 2ND DEGREE BURN OF FACE
- 6YOM BURNED HAND ON SPARKLERS. BURN - SECOND DEGREE LEFT HAND*
- 12 YO M STABILIZED AND TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER FACILITY AFTER COMING INT O CONTACT WITH A "SMIKE BOMB" FACIAL/CHEST THERMAL BURNS
- 19MO MALE W/ FINGER BURN. 1 WK AGO CHILD REACHED OUT FOR "LIGHTED SMOKE BOMB TYPE OBJECT" & BURNED FINGER. WORSENING BURN. NOT FDA. DX:BURN.
- 26 YOM FIREWORKS POWDER IN ASHTRAY, PT PUT A CIGARETTE TO IT DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO R HAND
- 3YOF PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO CHE ST
- 23 YOM WAS LIGHTING MORTAR FIREWORK WHICH EXPLODED IN HIS HAND. DX: BURN/LAC HAND, BLAST INJURY HAND, CORNEAL FB/ULCER, ETOH INTOX.
- PT WAS BENT OVER PICKING UP WOOD ANOTHER PERSON LIT FIREWORKS AND IT TU RNED OVER AND HIT PT IN UPPER LEG2 DEGREE BURN LEG 39YOM
- 31YO M WAS INEBRIATED & STRUCK A SPINING SPARKLER IN HIS PANTS. WOKE UP NEXT MORNING W/ BURNED PANTS & PENIS PAIN. DX: BURN, GENITALS.
- 22YOF AT HOME LIT A FIRECRACKER AND HELD ONTO IT TO LONG IT BLOW UP IN L HAND/ DX L WRIST BURNS NO FD
- 44YOM WITH BURNS TO FACE AFTER A FIRECRACKER WENT OFF IN HIS EYE.+SWELL ING TO L EYE. DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE%
- 7 YOM HAND BURN WHEN HOLDING TYPE L SPARKLER FIREWORKS
- 17YOF WAS STANDING NEXT TO FIREWORKS (TYPE R) WHICH WERE BIGGER THAN SHE THOUGHT & WAS BURNED. DX: BURNS R HAND/WRIST/ARM/SHOULDER/NECK
- 38YOF BURNED RT THUMB WHILE LIGHTING A SPARKLER TYPE L
- 17MO F PT SITTING IN MOMS LAP ON PORCH WHEN TYPE P FIREWORK LANDED ON T HEM;DX LEG BURN
- A 32YOF WAS AT A FAMILY FUNCTION WHEN FIREWORK FELL OVER AND SHOT AT HE R, HIT TO BREAST WITH FIREWORK, BURN - TYPE R
- PT WAS HIT IN FACE BY SPARKS FROM A TYPE A FIRECRACKER EXPLOSION. 1ST DEGREE BURN, FACE. 4 YOF*
- 39YOF PT PRESENTS TO ER C/O BURN R HAND ON FIREWORKS AT HOME.TYPE R/1S T DEG BURN TO R HAND - SPECIFIC FIREWORKS NOT STATED
- 3YOM 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FOOT STEPPED ON A HOT SPARKLER ( TYPE L)
- 5 YO M PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS HAD FIRECRAKER EXPLODE IN FACE DX: THERMA L BURN TO FACE - FIREWORK TYPE UNKNOWN
- 8YOM WITH BURNS TO FINGER FROM LIGHTING A SPARKLER TYPE L
- BURNED BY FIREWORKS. (FIREWORK--AERIAL BURST SHELL). 2ND DEGREE BURN WRIST, LEFT. 24 YOF*
- 47 Y/O MALE WAS SETTING OF FIRECRACKERS WHILE INTOXICATED ONE HIT HIM IN UPPER LEG AT HOME TYPE P DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT THIGH
- 23YOF WAS HOLDING FIREWORKS IN HAND WHEN IT WENT EXPLODED, 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT HAND, NO FD
- 54YOM HAD SHELL FIREWORK EXPLODE IN HAND DX 2ND DEGREE BURN HAND
- 66YOM WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS WHEN A ROCKET WENT SIDE WAYS INTO THE CROW D STRUCK IN THE CHEST THERMAL BURN TO CHEST TYPE R
- 67 YO MALE PREPARING FIREWORKS FOR EVENT AND BLACK POWEDER BLEW UP IN F ACE THERMAL BURNS TO FACE TYPE R
- 7YOF WITH BURN TO UPPER ARM AFTER A FIREWORK LANDED IN THEIR SEATING AR EA AND WENT OFF. 3RD DEGREE BURN. TYPE R FIREWORK
- 9 YOM BOTTLE ROCKET WHEN OFF IN HIS HAND. TYPE E1. DX: BURN FINGER.
- 15 YOM WAS SITTING WATCHING FIREWORKS AT NEIGHBOR'S WHEN UNKNOWN (TYPE R) ONE HIT HIM. DX: FIRST DEG BURN R HAND, CONT.
- 12 YOM WAS BYSTANDER WHEN UNKNOWN (TYPE R) FIREWORK EXPLODED. DX: SECOND DEG BURN CHEST, FACE AND HAND.
- 27YOF BURNED RIGHT THUMB ON SPARKLER WAS LIGHTING WITH CIGARETTE LIGHTE R TYPE L FIREWORK HAD BEEN DRINKING 5 GLASSES OF ETOH
- 24 YOF WAS HOLDING SPARKLERS TYPE L; THEY EXPLODED BURNING HANDS DX: B URNS HAND
- 2 YOM PATIENT WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE IN THE YARD YESTERDAY AND DID PLAY WI TH FIREWORKS. TYPE R DX: BURN ANKLE.
- 10MOF WAS IN STROLLER IN DIAPER ONLY WHEN FATHER INADVERTENTLY TOSSEDA FIREWORK TYPE R INTO INTO STROLLER SUSTAINING THERMAL BURN TO BACK
- 9 YOM STATES BLACKCAT FIREWORKS WENT OFF IN HAND TYPE R DX: BURNS TO H AND-----------NO FD
- 18YOM MAKING A SMOKE BOMB AND IT EXPLODED. ( TYPE N)/ 2ND DEGREE BURN F INGER AND THUMB
- 18 YOM LIGHTING MORTAR FIREWORKS & THROWING THEM OUT SUNROOF IN CAR. ONE LANDED IN PT'S LAP CATCHING SHIRT ON FIRE.FD NS.DX:BURNS HANDS,BACK
- 23YOM W/BURNS FACE,ARMS,HANDS & THIGH(8%TBSA)2/2 MOVING FIREWORK FUSES OUTSIDE THRIFT SHOP,FUSES IGNITED,SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE.FD PRESENT.+THC.
- 14YOM FULL THICKNESS BURNS TO HAND OPEND A ROCKET MOTOR& WAS TOUCHING T HE POWDER IN THE ROCKET & IT EXPLODED IN HIS HAND
- A 25YOM BURNED HAND WHILE LIGHTING SPARKLERS, TYPE L
- 16YOM @ FRNDS WHO HAD LOTS OF FIREWRX PUT FIREWRX 2GETHER THT WLD SPIN& XPLODE TYPE N PT RUNNING WHN IT XPLODED BURNED LEG PENIS D BURNS PENIS
- 42YOF BURNED THUMB WHILE LIGHTING A SPARKLER DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN THUMB. TYPE L
- 4 YOM WAS PLAYING W/SPARKLER (TYPE L) WHEN A PIECE WENT INTO EYE. DX: FIRST DEG BURN R EYE.
- 35YOF WITH BURN TO THIGH AFTER *** SHELL EXPLODED 100 FEET AWAY.SECOND DEGREE BURN. FIREWORK TYPE H
- 37 YOM WAS STANDING OVER A MORTAR (TYPE R) DX: CONT OF SCROTUM, BURN OF GENITALIA.
- 13 YO M THERMAL BURN TO HAND FROM NON SPEC TYPE OF FIREWORKS
- 18 YOM WAS HOLDING TUBE & MORTAR ROUND (TYPE H) WAS PUT IN UPSIDE DOWN & EXPLODED IN TUBE. DX: BILAT HAND BURNS.
- 4 YOM BURN TO L ELBOW FROM FIREWORKS (NOT STATED) DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TYPE R
- 5YOM WATCHING FIREWORKS TYPE R AT HOME WHEN ONE MISFIRED AND HIT PATIEN T INTHE KNEE AREA ON BOTH LEGS, FIRE DEPARTMENT ON SCENE; KNEE BURNS
- 4YOF-FOOT BURN-STEPPED ON A HOT FIRECRACKER-@ GRANDMA'S HOUSE-TYPE A
- 28YOM WALKING DOWN STAIRS,BAG OF TYPE R F/W EXPLODED IN FRONT OF PT;BUR NIN B/L LE./HANDS/ BLISTERS RT ANKLE/SHIN DX:1ST/2ND DEGREE BURN,MULTI
- 27YOF BURNED ON THUMB WHEN SHE TRIED TO EXTINGUISH LIT FIRECRACKER, TYP E P. FIRECRACKER DID NOT EXPLODE DX BURN FINGER PAIN **
- 14 YOM PLAYING WITH BOTTLE ROCKETS 5 DAYS AGO WHEN ONE EXPLODED IN AIR. TYPE E1. DX: BURN EYELID.
- 5YM ACC STEPPED ON SPAKLER/?FIRE WORK BURNING FOOT >>BURN
- 14 YO MALE BURNED FINGER ON FIREWORKS. DX BURN
- 23 YOM BURN TO R HAND ON FIREWORKS (TYPE R) DX: HAND BURN
- 33 YR OLD MALE GOT GUN POWDER FROM FIREWORKS ON HANDS THEN LIT CIGARETT E AND FLAMES SHOT UP BURNING HANDS AND FACE,UNK IF FIRE DEPT
- 15YOF BURNED RT FOREARM ON FIREWORK
- + 2 YOM BURNED RT LOWER PART OF LOWER JAW WITH SPARKLER LAST NIGHT DX FACIAL BURN
- =15 YOM BURNED HAND W/SPARKLER, FLAME PORTION LANDED ON HAND. DX. SECOND DEGREE BURN HAND
- A 60 YR OLD FE BURNED PALM OF HAND ON A FIREWORK WHEN IT ACCIDENTALLY W ENT OFF IN HER HAND DX 2ND BURN
- 9 YO MALE LIT A SPARKLER IN HOUSE AND SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE. DX BURN, C HEST NO FD
- 9YOM BURNED LT 2ND DIGIT WITH SPARKLER TYPE L
- 27YM ACC BURNT THE FINGER TIPS OF LT HAND WHILE PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS, SPARKLERS>>HAND BURN, TYPE A
- 2 Y/O M GRABBED A LIT SPARKLER WHILE AT HOME. HAS A SMALL BURN.-TYPE L DX 2ND DEGREE BURN R HAND
- 33YOM LIT A PACK OF SPARKLER, TYPE L, AND THEY BURNED HAND, LEFT HAND AND FINGERS 2ND DEGREE BURNS, NO FD
- 12 YOM LIGHTING A ROMAN CANDLE WHEN IT EXPLODED IN HIS HAND. TYPE I. DX: BURN HAND.
- 7 YO MALE PLAYING WITH FRIENDS AND FIRECRACKERS (TYPE P) AND ONE WENT O FF AND BURNED PTS FACE
- 11YOF SUSTAINED INJURY TO INNER THIGH WHEN A FIREWORK TYPE R WAS SET O FF &FLEW TOWARD HER, LANDED ON INNER THIGH, BURNED THROUGH JEANS
- 22YOF AT COTTAGE HAD A SPARK FROM FIREWORK HIT HER IN L CHEEK/ DX THERMAL BURN L CHEEK NO FD TYPE R
- DX 2ND DEG BURN, UNSP SITE: 23YOM SUS BURN TO R LAT FOOT F FIREWORK, 2D 4CM IN DIA & POEN. TYPE R
- 48YOF LIGHTING FIREWORKS W A LIGHTER AND BURNED THUMB ...2ND DEGREE BU RN TO THUMB. UNKNOWN TYPE
- 10 YOM HAD A FIRECRACKER, TYPE A, EXPLODE , FLY UP & HIT HIM IN THE FACE, BELOW HIS EYE- BLURRY VISION.DX; RT. CHEEK BURN, RT CORNEAL EDEMA
- 14 YOM LIT A BOX OF FIREWORKS WHICH HAD BEEN SPRAYED W/SPRAY PAINT. FD NS. DX: 1ST/2ND DEG BURN FACE.
- FIREWORK WENT OFF WHILE PATIENT WAS LIGHTING AND BURNED THUMB 2ND DEG REE BURN FINGER 37YOM
- 2YOF SMALL 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THUMB & INDEX FINGER PICKED UP A BURING SPARKLER OUTSIDE
- 12 YOM WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS IN NEIGHBOR'S YARD; HE WAS AT HOME. BOTTL E ROCKET HIT HIM; BURN, RT. ANKLE. FIRE; NO FD TYPE (E-1)
- 15MOF WITH BURNS TO R HAND FINGERS WHILE GRABBING A SPARKLERS FIREWORK, TYPE L. 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD DIGITS. DX BURNS TO FINGERS%
- 6 YOM HAD FIREWORKS (TYPE R) GO OFF OF FOOT WEARING ***. DX: BURN R FO OT FIRST DEGREE.
- 4YOM HURT EYE GOT HIT WITH SPARKLER FIREWORK DX: BURN TO CORNEA TYPE SPARKLER TYPE L
- 12YOM HIT IN EYE BY BOTTLE ROCKET (TYPE E1)/ BURN INJURY RT EYE
- A 2YOF BURNED HAND ON FIREWORK, TYPE R
- 6 Y/O BF WAS SHOOTING BOTTLE ROCKETS AND ONE EXPLODED IN FACE FIRE DEPT DID NOT ATTEND TYPE E1
- 13YOM BURN FACE/ EYE FROM ROMAN CANDLE TYPE I
- 3 YOM, BURN,TRUCK BY FIRECRACKER WHILE WATCHING DISPLAY DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN FACE, THUMB TYPE P FIREWORK
- A 5YOM WAS HIT BY "MOBILE ROCKETS" FIREWORK THAT FELL OVER AND WENT TOW ARD PT, BURN TO THIGH, SHOULDER, ARM, TYPE E
- 27 YOM BLEW UP 6LBS OF COPPER THERMITE WHILE MAKING HOMEMADE FIREWORKS. (TYPE N) DX: EXTENSIVE PT BURNS FACE, TORSO, BILAT UPPER EXTREMITIES.
- 4YOF BURNED FOOT ON SPARKLER TYPE L
- 5YM GOT BURN FROM SPRAKLER/FIREWORK TO THE FOOT/TOE >>BURN/ TYPE R
- 24 YR OLD FEMALE LIGHTING FIREWORKS OFF ROOF DECK WHEN ONE EXPLODED BUR NING LOWER LEG,UNK TYPE
- 36YOM WAS BURNED BY A FIREWORK ON 7/4 DX: BURN LT LOWER LEG TYPE R
- 16YOF WITH BURN TO FACE AFTER A SPARKLER FIREWORK IGNITED THE HAIRSPRAY IN HER HEAR. TYPE L
- 5YR M LIT "***" TO A SMOKE BOMB, AND THEN FELL ONTO IT;DX CORNEAL BURN
- 7YOF BUG BITES AFTER BEING OUTSIDE WATCHING FIREWORKS DX: INSECT BITES FOREHEAD - TYPE R FIREWORKS
- 13 YOF GRABBED AN OLD FIREWORK FROM CABINET AND LIT IT, THE FIREWORK EXPLODED IN PT'S RIGHT HAND CAUSING BLAST INJURY
- 12 YOM BIBA WITH DAD WHO STATES THAT AN M80 FIRECRACKER EXPLODED IN HIS RT HAND. DX HAND TRAUMA%
- 31YOF C/O R EAR PAIN AFTER FIREWORKS LAST NIGHT, POPPING CAUSED EAR PX TYPER R DX: TINNITUS, EAR PAIN, EUSTACHIAN TUBE DYSFUNCTION
- 3YOF LT EAR PAIN AFTER FIREWORKS WENT OFFDX: OTITIS EXTERNA TYPE R EA R INFECTION
- 28 YR OLD MALE PLAYING BASKETBALL WHEN FIREWORKS WERE SET OFF WITH BILA TERAL HEARING LOSS
- PAIN LOW TRUNK 48YOM PICKED UP FIREWORKS DX: BACK PAIN
- MINOR L EYE INJ/11YOM WHILE AT FAIR 1 HR AGO THINKS HE MAY HAVE GOTTEN HOT PIECE OF ASH FROM FIREWORKS IN L EYE. NO BURN OR TRAUMA.
- 53YO M WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS WITH HIS FAMILY ON ROOF OF HOUSE WHEN HE FELL 7 FEET OFF ROOF LANDING ON BACK SIDE. TYPE R. DX: LOW BACK PAIN.
- 33 YO MALE EXPLOSIVE INJURY TO LEFT HAND 1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD DIGIT FROM F OREWORKS DX EXPLOSIVE INJURY TYPE R
- 5 YOF, PLAYING WITH SPARKLERS, HAD PAIN, REDNEES & SOME DRAINAGE FROM E YE, ALSO HEADACHE LWBS TYPE L FIREWORK
- 16 YOM SUSTAINED A ROMAN CANDLE (TYPE I) PROJECTILE TO HIS EYE. DX: R EYE INJURY, FIREWORKS INJURY.
- 25YOF THINKS SHE GOT FIREWORKS DEBRIS IN EYE ON THE 3RD NOTICED PINK IN EYE TYPE R
- 45YOF WITH PAIN TO UPPER TRUNK AFTER BEING SHOT BY FIREWORKS ON JULY 3R D. CONTINUES WITH PAIN
- 8YOM WITH EARACHE AFTER ARTILLARY SHELL OF UNKN TYPE EXPLODED NEAR HIM. DX EXPLOSIVE ACOUSTIC TRAUMA TO EAR.
- 11YOF HAD A FIRE CRACKER GO OFF RIGHT BY EAR HAVING TINNITUS EAR PAIN T YPE A
- FATHER WAS LIGHTING A FIREBALL ,CHILD 30 FT AWAY. FIREBALL WENT EVERYWH ER HIT PT IN THE EYE RUPTURE EYE 11YOM
- 15YOF SITTING IN GRASS WATCHING TYPE M FIREWORKS, INSECT BITE ON THIGH, GOT HOME & HAD REDNESS, ITCHING; INSECT BITE/INFECTION
- 72 YOF WAS EXPOSED TO FIREWORKS (TYPE R UNKNOWN) SMOKE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. DX: CHEST PX, ASTHMA EXAC, SOB, HYPOXIA, L RIB PX.
- 59 YOF DEVELOPED ACUTE OTITIS EXTERNA TO BILAT. EARS S/P PLUGGING BILAT . EARS W/ COTTON BALLS 3 NIGHTS AGO BECAUSE OF FIREWORK NOISE-TYPE R.*
- 6 YOM FAMILY WAS PUTTING OFF FIREWORKS, ONE FELL OVER AND BEGAN SHOOTIN G AROUND, PT. RAN AND FELL OFF LEDGE ONTO CONCRETE. TYPE R. DX: FALL
- DX INJ TO R THIGH F FIREWORKS: 30YOM FIREWORK MORTAR VS. R THIGH YTDY. SEEN AT *** TOLD TO F/U HERE TODAY. TYPE R
- 6YOM EYE INJURY WHEN WATCHING LOCAL FIREWORK DISPLAY POSSIBLE ASH IN EY E TYPE R
- 32YOF STOOD ON HER FEET FOR 130 HOURS IN THE LAST WEEK SELLING FIREWORK S C/O BILAT FOOT PAIN TYPE R
- 19 YOM WAS THROWING A DUD SPARKLER BOMB (TYPE L) INTO A FIRE WHEN IT EXPLODED. FD NS. DX: BLAST INJURY L HAND, LAC, BLOOD BLISTERS.
- 27 YOF LOOKING UP @ (TYPE R)FIREWORKS WHEN FALLING DEBRIS CONTACTED LT EYE C/P LT EYE BURNING. DX LT EYE INJURY
- A 20YOM WAS AT FIREWORKS DEMONSTRATION WHEN FIREWORK WENT AWRY AND HIT PTS EYE, DX BLUNT TRAUMA TO EYE, TYPE R
- 43 YO FEMALE FOOT PAIN, SLIPPED WHILE AT FIREWORKS. DX LEFT WITHOUT BE ING SEEN. UNKNOWN FIREWORK TYPE