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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,093
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT TRIED TO CATCH A CANDLEHOLDER AND CUT 3RD FINGER. C/O TINGLING AND B LEEDING FOR 2 HRS. D: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURNED HAND ON SOME HOT CANDLE WAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS CUT BY BROKEN GLASS CANDLE. DX: L THUMB LAC 3 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| DX SIMPLE HAND LAC: PUNCTURE WOUND L HAND S/P GLASS CLANDLE STICK BROKE AND STUCK PT IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Pillows |
| PT USED PILLOW TO TRY TO PUT OUT FIRE ON BED SHEETS CAUSED BY CANDLE. S USTAINED BURNS TO HAND/FOREARM/FINGERS.?FDA. D:BURNS, HAND AND FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SPILL HOT WAX [CANDLE] ON HAND, DX';HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| LAC FOOT ON A BROKEN GLASS CANDLE HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: CUT HAND ON GLASS CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| STEPPED ON GLASS FROM CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME LACERATION LT FOOT CH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2007 | Age: 25 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, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| WAXED EYEBROWS AND NOW HAS PAIN AND BURNING TO BROW AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| STRUCK IN FACE WITH GLASS CANDLE HOLDER DX: LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS AT HOME, BROKE A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Table tennis |
| PT WAS BURNING A *** *** BALL IN A CANDLE WHEN THE BALL CAUGHT FIRE &PT BURNED HAND, NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| FOREHEAD LAC-GOT HIT W/A CANDLE-NO DETAILS-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT DROPPED A GLASS CANDLE STICK HOLDER AND IT SHATTERED GOT A PIECE IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT C/O CANDLE FELL ON PTS HEAD. DX LAC SCALP, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT FRACTURED TOE BY DROPPING A GLASS CANDLE ON IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT SUSAINED LAC TO HAND ON A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| FX LEFT 5TH TOE-SUS INJ WHEN SHE HIT LEFT TOE AGAINST A HEAVY CANDLE HO LDER. C/O SWELLING AND REDNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURNED HANDS ON FIRE FROM CANDLE FLAME,NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 17 YO MALE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH CANDLE CONTUSION FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 20 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH CANDLESTICK BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| R HAND LAC/20YOF CUT HAND ON BROKEN CANDLEHOLDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| DX BURN LEFT LATERAL FOOT: SPILLED HOT WAX ONTO FOOT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: 25 - 50% Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Mattresses |
| COLLEGE STUDENT IN APT FIRE FOUND UNDER MATTRESS WHEN CANDLE STARTED FI RE WHEN ELECTRICITY WENT OUT,BURNS AND SMOKE INHAL,,FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/15/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM STRIKING A GLASS CANDLE STICK IN ANGER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT KNEE WITH A CANDLESTICK HOLDER TWO DAYS AGO AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT LAC LT THUMB ON A GLASS CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT SUSTAINED BURN TO FINGER ON HOT WAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CUT FINGERS ON A BROKEN CANDLE HOLDER " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS HOLDING A CERAMIC CANDLE HOLDER AND IT BROKE IN HAND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Cardboard products |
| CARDBOARD IN PT'S ROOM CAUGHT ON FIRE AND PT STEPPED ON HOT METAL CANDL EHOLDER. +FDA. D:2ND DEGREE BURN, FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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