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Child Injury & Fireworks

• Children are naturally drawn to fireworks. They are beautiful to watch and are intriguing to them. Children want to see them and handle them. Yet fireworks are a source of danger and cause serious injuries. Here are some surprising facts about fireworks related injuries: ( 2006, CDC, United States)
  
  More than two-thirds of all fireworks related injuries occurred between June 16-July 16
  One out of every three people injured were children under 15 years old
  Young people under age 20 sustained nearly half of all firework injuries
  The part of the body most often injured were hands, eyes, head, face and ear
  More than half the injuries were burns
  Eleven deaths were reported and 9200 people were treated in emergency rooms
  Injuries were caused most often by firecrackers, sparklers, & rockets, sparklers caused one third of injuries to children under age 5
  
  Many people fail to recognize the danger fireworks pose to those handling them and innocent bystanders. Fireworks are regulated by state and federal law. Yet, they are readily available. Adults purchase them despite specific restrictions. They are brought into Florida from adjoining states. During New Years and the Fourth of July, our neighborhoods are filled with the sights and sounds of these explosions.
  
  There is geater danger to people and property when professional grade fireworks are handled by people with inadequate training and awareness of their danger. These powerful explosives pose a risk to motor vehicles and houses, as well as to on-lookers.

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