Safe Fireworks Dear Editor, The fireworks-related injuries dropped more than 15 percent from 2005 to 2006, bringing the rate of injuries per 100,000 pounds of fireworks used to an all-time low according to information released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Consumer. Since 1992, the actual number of fireworks-related injuries has been reduced by over 26 percent. This becomes an amazing statistic when you consider that in 2006 the amount of fireworks used in America as measured by the volume of imported fireworks was more than three times what was used in 1992, rising from 87.1 million pounds to over 278 million pounds. From 1992 to 2006, the raw number of estimated fireworks-related injuries dropped from 13,500 to 9,200. Based on injuries per 100,000 pounds of fireworks used, the rate of injuries has dropped over 76 percent during this period from 14.3 per 100,000 pounds to 3.3 per 100,000 pounds.