Directorate for Epidemiology U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

This report was prepared by the CPSC staff, has not been reviewed or approved by, and may not necessarily reflect the views of, the Commission. Executive Summary This report provides the results of the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff analysis of data on non-occupational fireworks-related deaths and injuries during 2007. The report also includes a summary of CPSC staff enforcement activities during 2007. Staff obtained information on fireworks-related deaths from news clippings and other sources in CPSC’s Injury and Potential Injury Incident (IPII) database. Staff estimated fireworks-related injuries from CPSC’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). More detailed analyses of injuries including the type of injury and the firework involved, and the characteristics of the victim were based on a special study conducted by CPSC staff between June 22 and July 22, 2007. About two-thirds of the annual fireworks-related injuries for 2007 occurred during that period. Highlights of the report are as follows