4th of July fireworks: Nationwide there were fatalities. How were injuries here?

Greater Cincinnati hospitals didn't see much of a spike in patients suffering from firework-related injuries on Fourth of July night.

The Enquirer checked with several Greater Cincinnati hospitals to see if the firework-filled holiday spurred an increase in injuries.

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital said the holiday didn’t bring forth anything out of the ordinary, a hospital spokesperson said.

Mercy Health saw two emergency department admissions related to injuries caused by fireworks, a spokesperson confirmed. Those were at the hospital network’s Fairfield Hospital and West Hospital, they said.

Overall emergency department traffic was down over the holiday for TriHealth hospitals, a spokesperson for the healthcare network said. They noted that while TriHealth emergency departments don't track firework-related intakes, supervisors in those divisions are not aware of any injuries caused by fireworks on Thursday and Friday.

Firework accidents nationwide

Firework-related deaths and injuries impacted communities across the country this Fourth of July, USA TODAY reported .

In Illinois, a 34-year-old man died in the Northwest side of Chicago after suffering trauma to the body, Chicago police told USA Today.

Another Illinois man, 25, died early Friday morning in a firework mishap in Peoria, the Peoria Journal Star reported . The LaSalle County Sheriff's Office said the incident involved illegal fireworks and the man was taken to a hospital where he later died.

A 20-year-old man from Harvest, Alabama who suffered trauma to the upper torso in a firework accident was pronounced dead Friday morning after being taken to the hospital, USA Today reported.

Other accidents that caused nonfatal firework-related injuries were reported in Alabama, Utah and Oklahoma, according to USA TODAY.

Nearly 10,000 people were treated for firework-related injuries in 2023, with 66% of those injuries occurring in the weeks before and after the Fourth of July, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported .

Teenagers 15-19 years old endured the highest rate of injury, with children ages 5 to 9 trailing just behind, the commission reported.

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