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    1. US Consumer Product Safety Commission‏Verified account @USCPSC 2 Jul 2019

      Last year all 5 firework-related deaths occurred when someone was trying to launch a firework off their body. Don't do this and don't let your family or friends do it either. More info on our fact sheet (pdf): http://bit.ly/2LFert1  #TuesdayThoughts #July4thpic.twitter.com/B9rJUlisXs

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    2. US Consumer Product Safety Commission‏Verified account @USCPSC 2 Jul 2019

      A 16-year-old male from Florida died after a mortar tube exploded in his hand on July 5, 2018. #TuesdayThoughts #CelebrateSafely #July4thpic.twitter.com/82YDwlGFqV

      According to the police report, the victim’s cousin lit the charge of a mortar and placed it in the tube and backed away. The victim then picked up the tube and held it in his left hand. As the cousin went to tell the victim to put the tube down, the tube exploded in the victim’s hand and knocked the victim down. The victim suffered a penetrating open wound, approximately 2 inches in diameter to the upper left chest.
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    3. US Consumer Product Safety Commission‏Verified account @USCPSC 2 Jul 2019

      On July 7, an 18-year-old male from Iowa was setting off fireworks with his friends at his residence. #TuesdayThoughts #CelebrateSafely #July4thpic.twitter.com/WXwcD3F1DK

      According to the sheriff’s report, an adult friend decided to tape a tube to a football helmet using duct tape. This friend then placed the helmet on his head and launched several fireworks from the helmet. This friend did not experience any incidents while doing so. without incident. The victim stated he also wanted to launch fireworks from his head then followed suit and taped a tube to a second helmet.
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    4. US Consumer Product Safety Commission‏Verified account @USCPSC 2 Jul 2019

      A 37-year-old male from Indiana died of massive head trauma caused by professional grade Class 1.3G mortar shells on July 7, 2018 #TuesdayThoughts #July4th #CelebrateSafelypic.twitter.com/2K17qwgHsa

      According to the police report, the victim and another man were at the end of a residential driveway together. They put 3-inch mortar shells with altered fuses into yellow PVC tubes and tied wicks together attempting to light them off at the same time. The original electronic fuse for the mortar shells was replaced with a length of cannon fuse and attached to the shells with blue painter tape.
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    5. US Consumer Product Safety Commission‏Verified account @USCPSC 2 Jul 2019

      On the night of July 4, a 24-year-old male from South Carolina was fatally injured by a reloadable artillery firework at the common area of an apartment complex #TuesdayThoughts #CelebrateSafely #July4thpic.twitter.com/x5ETCbSzUC

      According to the witnesses and police report, the victim put a mortar shell into a launching tube and lit the fuse, and then he held the tube in his right hand and pointed it towards the far end of the common area outwards. The firework exploded in the tube and the victim fell to the ground. Bystanders called the county dispatch, and emergency first responders were dispatched to the location.
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      US Consumer Product Safety Commission‏Verified account @USCPSC 2 Jul 2019

      On the New Year’s Eve of 2018, a 49-year-old male from Texas died of explosive injuries while shooting fireworks #TuesdayThoughts #July4th #CelebrateSafelypic.twitter.com/ruAoyMPs0C

      The incident occurred at the victim’s home. It was reported that the victim apparently launched artillery shells from a device on his shoulder. When the victim lit the firework device, there was a blast that caused injuries to the victim’s shoulder and chest. The victim was transported to a local hospital but he died en route. The cause of death was explosive injuries, including fractures of multiple ribs, laceration
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        1. Justin‏ @j000stin 3 Jul 2019
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          And what do all of these incidents have in common?

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