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A Record Year for Firework Injuries
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Date: July 07, 2014 11:53AM
A Record Year for Firework Injuries
Fireworks led to 8 deaths and 11,400 reported injuries in 2013. Stay safe this weekend.
http://fairfaxcity.patch.com/groups/summer/p/a-record-year-for-firework-injuries51049
Can we beat the record this year? In 2013, fireworks-related injuries blasted their way to their highest level in a decade, reports the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The tally of woe includes 11,400 injuries, a 31 percent increase from 2012's 8,700 reported injuries. That's a lot of blown-off fingers.
At least eight people died of injuries or in fires caused by fireworks, according to the agency's annual report. And these weren't kids, either. Among the deaths:
•a 33-year-old male and a 49-year-old woman died in a building fire ignited by fireworks powder
•a 35-year-old man died five days after a powerful firework blew up in his face
•a 54-year-old man perished when a launching tube in his hand, held at chest level, blew up and tore into his chest
•a 46-year-old male making illegal fireworks in his trailer died when the works blew up
•a 42-year-old male who leaned over a firework and tried to light it with his cigarette died of an explosive head injury
These are the highest injury numbers since 2005, when 10,800 injuries were reported, and 2000, when 11,000 injuries were reported. Hands and fingers bear the brunt of the wounds — 41 percent, with a lot of burns. Heads, faces and ears are next at 19 percent.
Be careful out there this weekend, folks.
Fireworks led to 8 deaths and 11,400 reported injuries in 2013. Stay safe this weekend.
http://fairfaxcity.patch.com/groups/summer/p/a-record-year-for-firework-injuries51049
Can we beat the record this year? In 2013, fireworks-related injuries blasted their way to their highest level in a decade, reports the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The tally of woe includes 11,400 injuries, a 31 percent increase from 2012's 8,700 reported injuries. That's a lot of blown-off fingers.
At least eight people died of injuries or in fires caused by fireworks, according to the agency's annual report. And these weren't kids, either. Among the deaths:
•a 33-year-old male and a 49-year-old woman died in a building fire ignited by fireworks powder
•a 35-year-old man died five days after a powerful firework blew up in his face
•a 54-year-old man perished when a launching tube in his hand, held at chest level, blew up and tore into his chest
•a 46-year-old male making illegal fireworks in his trailer died when the works blew up
•a 42-year-old male who leaned over a firework and tried to light it with his cigarette died of an explosive head injury
These are the highest injury numbers since 2005, when 10,800 injuries were reported, and 2000, when 11,000 injuries were reported. Hands and fingers bear the brunt of the wounds — 41 percent, with a lot of burns. Heads, faces and ears are next at 19 percent.
Be careful out there this weekend, folks.
Re: A Record Year for Firework Injuries
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I'm from up north
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Date: July 07, 2014 11:55AM
Sounds like it's time to petition to ban everything but sparklers here in Fairfax County now. We should be more like Maryland or DC where they have some sense about fireworks.
Re: A Record Year for Firework Injuries
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smokey bear
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Date: July 07, 2014 02:18PM
My guess, alcohol not a factor in any of these incidents.
Re: A Record Year for Firework Injuries
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Progressive Socialists Suck
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Date: July 07, 2014 09:45PM
My guess, Progressive Socialists are trying to rid Virginia of all the glory of fireworks, and turn us into Montgomery County, Maryland (where even sparklers are illegal).
Re: A Record Year for Firework Injuries
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Nine Fingers
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Date: July 07, 2014 11:21PM
First it was the Chinese-made dog treats, now this.
Re: A Record Year for Firework Injuries
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Tender foot NOVA
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Date: July 07, 2014 11:39PM
The fireworks here suck. I remember the day of buying a true M80 from the store as a kid.
It's sad to see the kids of today having no clue of the freedom that we experienced in the not so distant past.
You guys are fags!!
It's sad to see the kids of today having no clue of the freedom that we experienced in the not so distant past.
You guys are fags!!
Re: A Record Year for Firework Injuries
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cDVwG
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Date: July 08, 2014 02:44PM
Tender foot NOVA Wrote:
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> The fireworks here suck. I remember the day of
> buying a true M80 from the store as a kid.
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> It's sad to see the kids of today having no clue
> of the freedom that we experienced in the not so
> distant past.
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> You guys are fags!!
Whatever happened to buying fireworks at "South of the Border"?
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> The fireworks here suck. I remember the day of
> buying a true M80 from the store as a kid.
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> It's sad to see the kids of today having no clue
> of the freedom that we experienced in the not so
> distant past.
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> You guys are fags!!
Whatever happened to buying fireworks at "South of the Border"?
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Re: A Record Year for Firework Injuries
Posted by:
Give Pedro the Business
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Date: July 08, 2014 02:45PM
Still buy them there once in a while when passing through.