4th of July Fireworks Warning
1 min readThousands of Injuries with Sparklers, Firecrackers, and Aerials;
CPSC Urges Consumers To Put Safety In Play During the Fourth of July The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants consumers to put safety in play if fireworks are part of your Fourth of July celebrations. A new CPSC study indicates that in 2009 there were two deaths and nearly 9,000 emergency room visits for injuries resulting from fireworks related incidents. Most fireworks injuries occurred to consumers younger than 20 and resulted in the loss of a limb in many cases.
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