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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 88
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| RAN INTO INSENCE CANDLE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT GOT HOT WAX IN HER EYE, MOM WAS LIGHTING A CANDLE & HOT WAX GOT FLICKED INTO PT'S EYE. DX; CONJUNCTIVITIS, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2006 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT GOT HOT CANDLE WAX IN EYE 2 HOURS AGO. D: FOREIGN BODY - REMOVED L EFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2006 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENTS MOTHER STATES HIT IN EYE WITH GLASS CANDLE HOLDER. DX; NO IN JURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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