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Harborview Medical Center has released the number and type of firework-related injuries from this year's Fourth of July ...
A Seattle paramedic said he has seen "significant, life-altering fireworks-related injuries" many times throughout his career.
SEATTLE — A 23-year-old man is in the hospital with serious burns after someone threw a firework directly at his face in ...
Used improperly, even legal fireworks can lead to severe burns, cuts, eye injuries, hearing loss, and amputations. Orthopedic surgeon Chelsea Boe said some of the most severe injuries she’s seen ...
Injuries from fireworks increased by 52%, from 9,700 in 2023 to 14,700, in 2024, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. This increase is the largest since 2020, and the second ...
The Fourth of July is anything but celebratory in the Emergency Room. Every year, doctors amputate fingers and hands damaged by fireworks. They try to save eyes. And sometimes they have to deliver ...
Eye injury from July 4th fireworks incident appears to be "superficial" but GM Joe Hortiz said there is a possibility Harris ...
The American Fireworks Standards Laboratory listed 19 fireworks-related fatalities in 2024 in its own annual report, released in June.. Most of the reported injuries were to adults aged 25 to 44 ...
Last year, 11 Americans died from fireworks injuries and more than 14,700 were treated in emergency rooms, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.. In more than one-third of ...