from
http://www.safetyworld.com/topics/hand_safety.htm?kc=Jfa11
FIRECRACKER OR FIREWORKS INJURIES
from http://www.handctr.com
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Fireworks Safety Brief
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LOSSES
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, national
losses involving fireworks amount to 3 deaths and 10,527 injuries
annually. Hand and finger injuries are the most common and account
for 32 percent of all injuries. Head and eye injuries occur with
about the same frequency, equaling 19 and 18 percent of total
injuries.
BACKGROUND
A review of firework mishaps shows a variety of factors
contribute to the typical mishap. Most pre-school age victims are
injured by fireworks ignited by someone else, while older children
who are injured are usually lighting the fireworks themselves.
Children under age five are commonly hurt by rocket-type
fireworks; small firecrackers and ground spinners injure the
majority of children between the ages of 5 and 14. Most of the
injuries associated with large, illegal firecrackers such as
M-80's are to older teenagers or adults.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION concerning fireworks safety
please go to the recent
AAOS
press release regarding fireworks
They are more commonly associated with heavy wet snow, greater than six
inches in depth and at temperatures greater than 28 degrees F.
LAWNMOWER INJURIES can be devastating to the hand or any part of the
body that is involved.
22% of injuries involve the hand, fingers or wrist. 25% of which result
in amputation.
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At Halloween time injuries to the hand and fingers from carving pumpkins can
occur. Tendon and nerve lacerations that can result require surgical
treatment and can lead to permanent impairment.
For more information:
Pumpkin
press releases
ASSH
PUMPKIN SAFETY
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Power saws may cause severe lacerations and fracture. Nerve, tendon,
vascular injury and amputation are possible as well. Fingertip injuries
are the most common with the thumb being the most commonly injured digit.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TEXT
POWER SAW SAFETY TIPS
ASSH Power Saw Safety Press
Release
American
Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) website on power saw safety
www.handctr.com
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