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Types of Fireworks Involved in Injuries <br />OC 2018 Fireworks Injuries by Type <br />28 <br />Unknown <br />68' <br />6 <br />Sparkler Firecracker <br />Legal Status of Injury Causing <br />Fireworks for 2018 <br />13% <br />■ Safe and Sane <br />19% <br />■ Illegal <br />■ Unknown <br />■ Unknown <br />■ Illegal <br />■ Safe and Sane <br />This year in Orange County, fireworks -related injuries were caused by both illegal and Safe and <br />Sane fireworks. Illegal fireworks accounted for 19% of all fireworks -related injuries while Safe <br />and Sane fireworks accounted for 13% of fireworks -related injuries. The remaining 68% of injuries <br />were caused by an unknown type. While there were a significant number of "unknown" type of <br />fireworks, Firecrackers were identified as the type of illegal firework that caused the most reported <br />injuries this year and Sparklers were the type of Safe and Sane firework that caused the most <br />reported injuries this year. <br />7 <br />