This report provides the results of the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff analysis of data on non-occupational fireworks-related deaths and injuries during 2008. The report also includes a summary of CPSC staff enforcement activities during 2008. Staff obtained information on fireworks-related deaths from news clippings and other sources in CPSCs Injury and Potential Injury Incident (IPII) database. Staff estimated fireworks-related injuries from CPSCs National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). More detailed analyses of injuries including the type of injury, the fireworks involved, and the characteristics of the victim were based on a special study conducted by CPSC staff between June 20 and July 20, 2008. About two-thirds of the annual fireworks-related injuries for 2008 occurred during that period.
Fireworks Annual Report, 2008: Fireworks-Related Deaths, Emergency Department-Treated Injuries, and Enforcement Activities During 2008
2009
40 pages
Report
No indication
English
Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics , Fireworks , Fatalities , Injuries , Emergency medical services , Treatment , Fire hazards , Causes , Hazardous materials , Data analysis , Consumer products , Enforcement , Safety , Consumer protection , Statistical data , Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)