Doctors and safety officials are urging Fourth of July revelers to take caution after more than 9,000 Americans were injured by fireworks last year.
Fireworks may be a quintessential part of Fourth of July celebrations, but doctors and safety officials are urging revelers to take caution when handling them after more than 9,000 Americans were injured by fireworks last year.
Of those injuries, about 62% occurred between June 22 and July 22, and children under 15 accounted for 36%, according to the report. "All it takes is one shooting spark into your eye" to result in a severe burn that leads to visual loss and disfigurement, Glatter said. Physicians see children burned from sparklers every year, Erica Michiels, associate director for the pediatric emergency department at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, told ABC News in 2017.Five hundred people required trips to the emergency room in 2018 due to sparklers, according to the CPSC report.
Last year, a 40-year-old man broke three fingers after he lit a firework after drinking, according to the CPSC report.
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