Table 3 Location and type of injury per type of fireworks
All (N = 395) | Explosive (N = 95) | Decorative (N = 125) | Carbide (N = 5) | Homemade (N = 31) | Unknown (N = 139) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rockets (N = 58) | Aerials (N = 17) | Others (N = 50) | ||||||||||||||
Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | |||||||||
Injury location | ||||||||||||||||
Head/neck | 395 | 101 (26%) | 95 | 7 (7%) | 58 | 24 (41%) | 17 | 7 (41%) | 50 | 13 (26%) | 5 | 2 (40%) | 31 | 10 (32%) | 139 | 38 (27%) |
Eye | 395 | 49 (12%) | 95 | 8 (8%) | 58 | 12 (21%) | 17 | 3 (18%) | 50 | 3 (6%) | 5 | 2 (40%) | 31 | 3 (10%) | 139 | 18 (13%) |
Ear | 395 | 13 (3%) | 95 | 8 (9%) | 58 | 0 (0%) | 17 | 0 (0%) | 50 | 3 (6%) | 5 | 1 (20%) | 31 | 0 (0%) | 139 | 1 (1%) |
Upper extremity | 395 | 177 (45%) | 95 | 65 (68%) | 58 | 13 (22%) | 17 | 5 (29%) | 50 | 24 (48%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 14 (45%) | 139 | 56 (40%) |
Lower extremity | 395 | 31 (8%) | 95 | 5 (5%) | 58 | 3 (5%) | 17 | 0 (0%) | 50 | 3 (6%) | 5 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 3 (10%) | 139 | 17 (12%) |
Trunk | 395 | 24 (6%) | 95 | 2 (2%) | 58 | 6 (10%) | 17 | 2 (12%) | 50 | 4 (8%) | 5 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 1 (3%) | 139 | 9 (7%) |
Type of injury | ||||||||||||||||
Burn | 395 | 208 (53%) | 95 | 20 (21%) | 58 | 28 (48%) | 17 | 12 (71%) | 50 | 42 (84%) | 5 | 2 (40%) | 31 | 18 (58%) | 139 | 86 (62%) |
Superficial | 208 | 13 (6%) | 20 | 2 (10%) | 28 | 2 (7%) | 12 | 1 (8%) | 42 | 6 (14%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 18 | 0 (0%) | 86 | 2 92%) |
Partial thickness | 208 | 162 (78%) | 20 | 14 (70%) | 28 | 21 (75%) | 12 | 10 (83%) | 42 | 29 (69%) | 2 | 2 (100%) | 18 | 15 (83%) | 86 | 71 (83%) |
Full thickness | 208 | 24 (12%) | 20 | 1 (5%) | 28 | 3 (11%) | 12 | 0 (0%) | 42 | 6 (14%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 18 | 3 (17%) | 86 | 11 (13%) |
Mixed | 208 | 9 (4%) | 20 | 3 (15%) | 28 | 2 (7%) | 12 | 1 (8%) | 42 | 1 (2%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 18 | 0 (0%) | 86 | 2 (2%) |
Eye injury | 395 | 49 (12%) | 95 | 8 (8%) | 58 | 12 (21%) | 17 | 3 (18%) | 50 | 3 (6%) | 5 | 2 (40%) | 31 | 3 (10%) | 139 | 18 (13%) |
Ocular surface | 46 | 36 (78%) | 8 | 6 (75%) | 12 | 7 (58%) | 2 | 2 (100%) | 3 | 3 (100%) | 2 | 2 (100%) | 3 | 2 (67%) | 16 | 14 (88%) |
Anterior chamber | 46 | 2 (4%) | 8 | 0 (0%) | 12 | 0 (0%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 3 | 0 (0%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 3 | 0 (0%) | 16 | 2 (13%) |
Posterior segment | 46 | 1 (2%) | 8 | 0 (0%) | 12 | 0 (0%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 3 | 0 (0%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 3 | 0 (0%) | 16 | 1 (16%) |
Adnexal | 46 | 12 (26%) | 8 | 0 (0%) | 12 | 5 (42%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 3 | 1 (33%) | 2 | 2 (100%) | 3 | 2 (67%) | 16 | 2 (13%) |
Fully destructed | 46 | 6 (13%) | 8 | 2 (25%) | 12 | 2 (17%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 3 | 0 (0%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 3 | 1 (33%) | 16 | 1 (6%) |
Soft tissue laceration | 395 | 67 (17%) | 95 | 24 (25%) | 58 | 13 (22%) | 17 | 2 (12%) | 50 | 1 (2%) | 5 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 3 (10%) | 139 | 24 (17%) |
Superficial | 67 | 48 (73%) | 24 | 21 (88%) | 13 | 9 (69%) | 2 | 1 (50%) | 1 | 1 (100%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 3 | 1 (33%) | 139 | 15 (63%) |
Deep | 67 | 19 (28%) | 24 | 3 (13%) | 13 | 4 (31%) | 2 | 1 (50%) | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 3 | 2 (67%) | 139 | 9 (38%) |
Fracture | 395 | 31 (8%) | 95 | 16 (17%) | 58 | 4 (7%) | 17 | 0 (0%) | 50 | 1 (2%) | 5 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 4 (13%) | 139 | 6 (4%) |
Scull | 31 | 1 (3%) | 16 | 1 (6%) | 4 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 4 | 0 (0%) | 6 | 0 (0%) |
Face | 31 | 6 (19%) | 16 | 1 (6%) | 4 | 3 (75%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 4 | 1 (25%) | 6 | 1 (17%) |
Wrist | 31 | 1 (3%) | 16 | 0 (0%) | 4 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 4 | 1 (4%) | 6 | 0 (0%) |
Hand | 31 | 7 (23%) | 16 | 5 (31%) | 4 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 1 | 1 (100%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 4 | 1 (25%) | 6 | 0 (0%) |
Finger | 31 | 19 (61%) | 16 | 12 (75%) | 4 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 1 (25%) | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 4 | 2 (50%) | 6 | 4 (67%) |
Leg | 31 | 1 (3%) | 16 | 0 (0%) | 4 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 1 | 0 (0%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 4 | 0 (0%) | 6 | 1 (3%) |
Amputation | 395 | 19 (5%) | 95 | 14 (15%) | 58 | 0 (0%) | 17 | 0 (0%) | 50 | 1 (3%) | 5 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 2 (7%) | 139 | 2 (1%) |
Vascular injurya | 395 | 1 (0%) | 95 | 1 (1%) | 58 | 0 (0%) | 17 | 0 (0%) | 50 | 0 (0%) | 5 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 0 (0%) | 139 | 0 (0%) |
Neural injuryb | 395 | 1 (0%) | 95 | 1 (1%) | 58 | 0 (0%) | 17 | 0 (0%) | 50 | 0 (0%) | 5 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 0 (0%) | 139 | 0 (0%) |
Tendon injuryc | 395 | 1 (0%) | 95 | 1 (1%) | 58 | 0 (0%) | 17 | 0 (0%) | 50 | 0 (0%) | 5 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 0 (0%) | 139 | 0 (0%) |
Eardrum perforation | 395 | 11 (3%) | 95 | 8 (8%) | 58 | 0 (0%) | 17 | 0 (0%) | 50 | 2 (4%) | 5 | 1 (20%) | 31 | 0 (0%) | 139 | 0 (0%) |
Contusion | 395 | 5 (1%) | 95 | 1 (1%) | 58 | 1 (2%) | 17 | 0 (0%) | 50 | 0 (0%) | 5 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 0 (0%) | 139 | 3 (2%) |
Otherc | 395 | 2 (1%) | 95 | 1 (1%) | 58 | 0 (0%) | 17 | 0 (0%) | 50 | 0 (0%) | 5 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 1 (3%) | 139 | 0 (0%) |