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Fireworks increase the risk of injuries. According to the CPSC, there were 11 fireworks-related deaths in the U.S. in 2022, plus an estimated 10,200 injuries. The majority (65%) involved men, and ...
About 9,700 people were treated in ERs for fireworks injuries in 2023, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and at least eight of them died. Children between the ages of 15 and 19 ...
According to the 2018 CPSC fireworks safety report, there were an estimated 5,600 injuries just in the one month surrounding the Fourth of July in 2018, and about 2,000 of those injuries happened ...
An example of a consumer firework in California Large fireworks retail shop in Pennsylvania. Availability and use of consumer fireworks are hotly debated topics. Critics and safety advocates point to the numerous injuries and accidental fires that are attributed to fireworks as justification for banning or at least severely restricting access to fireworks.
A 2009 report from the National Council on Fireworks Safety indicated that sparklers are responsible for 16 percent of legal firework-related injuries in the United States. [7] The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 's statistics from the Fourth of July festivities in 2003 indicate that sparklers were involved in a majority (57%) of ...
This is a list of fireworks accidents and incidents, including pyrotechnics fire and explosion. The list is sortable by casualties and date. The list is sortable by casualties and date. Date
A 2023 study of over 100 fireworks production accidents in China found that the biggest factors affecting the likelihood of such accidents include safety education and training, the physical and ...
The groups provide safety instruction and organize meetings and private "shoots" at remote premises where members shoot commercial fireworks as well as fire pieces of their own manufacture. Clubs secure permission to fire items otherwise banned by state or local ordinances.