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Common Injuries Caused by Fireworks


Firework Safety - Nationwide Children's Hospital

The types of fireworks that cause the most injuries are firecrackers, sparklers and bottle rockets. ... Cuts, bumps and bruises are the most common injuries to ...

Fireworks | CPSC.gov

The parts of the body most often injured by fireworks were hands and fingers (an estimated 35 percent of injuries) along with head, face, and ears (an estimated ...

Fireworks Safety | Johns Hopkins Medicine

The second most common injury is blast injuries causing severe burns or amputations. Many times fireworks will go off sooner than expected taking the person ...

Fireworks-Related Injuries by the Numbers - HSI

The most common injury from fireworks is a burn to the hands, fingers, or legs. According to the CPSC, burns accounted for 32% of severe injuries in the month ...

Fireworks Injuries By the Numbers

From cuts and bruises to damaged corneas, retinas and ruptured eyeballs, ophthalmologists treat thousands of people every year who suffer fireworks-related ...

Facts About Fireworks Injuries - Prevent Blindness

Burns were the most common injury to hands, fingers, arms, and legs ... A 36-year-old male died from fireworks-related injuries sustained from an ...

The Most Dangerous Fireworks Aren't What You Expect

According to the CPSC, 39% of all fireworks injuries are caused by firework malfunction. Common examples of firework malfunctions include: Early or delayed ...

Did you know? These were the most common fireworks ... - ABC4 Utah

The most commonly injured body parts were hands and fingers, making up about 35% of injuries from fireworks. The head, face, and ears made up ...

6 Common Fireworks-Related Injuries - Healthgrades Health Library

A burned hand or finger is the most common injury from fireworks. A minor burn causes redness and pain. More serious burns cause blisters. The most serious ...

Firework injuries are increasing in the United States

Prior studies have shown that hands and eyes are frequently injured, with loss of hand function and blindness being common after serious injury. Many ...

5 Serious Injuries from Fireworks - Wagner Reese, LLP

Burns are another common injury caused by fireworks. Because fireworks and sparklers burn at an extremely high temperature, burn injuries are ...

The epidemiology of firework-related injuries in the US, 2012–2022

Injuries remain the most common among adolescents and young adults. In addition, significant injuries requiring hospitalization occur most often ...

Fireworks Eye Safety - American Academy of Ophthalmology

Fireworks-related eye injuries can combine blunt force trauma, heat burns and chemical exposure. An eye injury from fireworks is a medical emergency. Call 911 ...

2022 Fireworks Annual Report

typical of fireworks-related injuries. From the 171-emergency department-treated, fireworks-related injuries during the special study period, staff selected ...

Fireworks Safety Tips | Banner Health

Types of firework injuries · Burns: Burns are the most common injury from fireworks. · Eye injuries: Fireworks can cause eye injuries such as burns, cuts and even ...

Stay safe around fireworks - Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

Common injury types are burns and trauma-related injuries from being struck by or holding a firework. Firework injuries in children can also ...

Common Injuries Caused by Fireworks

Firework injuries often include injuries to the face, eyes, hands, legs, and so much more of the body.

Facial Firework Injury: A Case Series - PMC - PubMed Central

A recent meta-analysis of ocular blast injuries found that as much as 28% of blast survivors suffer from ocular injury. ... The most common injuries suffered by ...

Firework and Shrapnel Eye Injuries - EyeWiki

Studies show that 99 percent of all ocular firework injuries occur from consumer-grade and homemade fireworks. Children are commonly bystanders ...

July 4th fireworks: Most common ER injuries are hurt ... - USA Today

Majority of the injuries were burns and contusions or lacerations. 300 arm injuries were diagnosed as fractures or sprains and 400 leg injuries ...