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$504 million

Senate Appropriations Committee's proposed OSHA budget for fiscal year 2009

Source: U.S. Senate

What should I know about Fourth of July fireworks?

According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact sheet, in 2006:

11 people died and an estimated 9,200 were treated in emergency departments for fireworks-related injuries in the United States.
An estimated 5 percent of fireworks-related injuries treated in emergency departments required hospitalization.

Many states ban certain types of fireworks. The American Pyrotechnics Association in Bethesda, MD, offers downloadable lists of regulations by state.

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