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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 758
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| HAIR CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM CANDLE/ 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS FOREHEAD AND LT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| FACE, HEAD, & NECK BURNS-CAUGHT HAIR ON FIRE WHILE BLOWING OUT A CANDLE NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2004 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| LAC FOREHEAD; CANDLE FELL ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS BURNED BLOWING OUT CANDLE DX: SECOND DEG SUPERFICIAL BURN FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| A HEAVY CANDLE HOLDER FELL ON PT STRICKING FACE, SUSTAINED " FACIAL LACERATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 1ST DEGREE BURN R EYEBROW, L UPPER CHEST, L FOREARM, CHILD TURNED LEVER ON MOM'S CANDLE MELTING MACHINE AND WAS BURNED WITH WAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT GOT HAIR CAUGHT IN FLAME OF CANDLE AND HAIR CAUGHT ON FIRE C/O PAIN CRYING 3RD DEGREE BURN RT SIDE OF FACE FIRE DEPARTMENT NO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| ? WAX BURN FROM CANDLE TO FACE DX: SUPERFICIAL BURN R FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| LACERATION NOSE - 2 YOM BROKE A CANDLE HOLDER IN HIS ROOM LACERATING HI S NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT CAUGHT HAIR ON FIRE WITH CANDLE AT HOME; 1ST DEGREE SCALP BURN, 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FOREHEAD, NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 2 YOF BURNED FOREHEAD WHEN SHE CLIMBED ON A DRESSER AND BURNED HERSEL F WITH BURNING CANDLE. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2004 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE WAS HIT WITH A CANDLE STICK CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2004 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT GOT HIT B/T THE EYES, ON FOREHEAS, WITH A CANDLE STICK THAT WAS THRO WN ACCIDNETLY BY HER BROTHER, SUSTAIEND " FACIAL LACERATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 3 Y.O. W FEMALE W/BURNS TO FACE. PT BURNED SELF W/CANDLE WAX @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2004 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Fuel multi-purpose lighters |
| PT'S MOTHER STATES SHE WAS LIGHTING A CANDLE WITH A LONG LIGHTER & CHILD JERKED FORWARD AND HIT EYELID ON HOT TIP OF LIGHTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT HAD WAX FROM CANDLE IN RIGHT EYE - EYELIDS WERE STUCK TOGETHER. D: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYELIDS S/P REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURNED FOREHEAD,FINGERTIPS WHEN CANDLE CAUGHT HAIR ON FIRE WHEN LEANING OVER CANDLE.?FIRE DEPT ATTENDANCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CANDLE WAX SPILLED ON FOREHEAD AND EYELASHES. POWER WAS OUT, REACHED F OR CANDLE AND WAS SPILLED ONTO FACE & NECK. DX. BURN CANDLEWAX ON FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| MOM STATES SHE WAS TRYING TO BLOW OUT A CANDLE AND BURNED HER FOREHEAD AND HER HAIR WITH THE FLAME DX: FOREHEAD BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2004 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT PULLED A CANDLESTICK HOLDER OFF A MANTLE IT FELL STRIKING HER IN THE FACE CONTUSION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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