The National Council on Fireworks Safety wants to prevent all injuries from consumer fireworks. Sadly, each year, there are over 100 injuries reported to the NEISS reporting hospitals. Based on these actual injuries, the CPSC produces an estimate of injuries on a national basis. The estimate for calendar year 2006, based upon 261 reported injuries, was 9,200 estimated injuries.
As Table A-1, excerpted from the CPSC 2006 Fireworks Annual Report shows, 2006 had the lowest injury rate since the CPSC began tracking injuries in the 1970’s. Injuries per 100,000 pounds of consumer fireworks sold was 3.4 injuries in 2006, as compared to 8.0 injuries in 1997. Thus, the injury rate has dropped by more than half in the past ten years. The rate has decreased both because of a large increase in usage and a general decrease in injuries.
