Be Safe this 4th of July

6/20/2019 (Permalink)

Be Safe this 4th of July

It's often the smallest, most common fireworks that cause the highest number of injuries.

Children younger than 15 years of age accounted for 36 percent of the estimated 2017 injuries. Fifty percent of the estimated emergency department-treated, fireworks-related injuries were to individuals younger than 20 years of age.

Sparklers actually cause the highest number of injuries. There were an estimated 1,200 emergency department-treated injuries associated with sparklers, and 300 with bottle rockets.  There were an estimated 800 emergency department-treated injuries associated with firecrackers. Of these, an estimated 51 percent were associated with small firecrackers, an estimated 18 percent with illegal firecrackers, and an estimated 31 percent with firecrackers for which there was no specific information.  

Source: CPSC