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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 315
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| FB LEFT EYE. A PARTICLE BLEW FROM A CANDLE INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| THERMAL BURN TO RIGHT EYE AND NECK . PT WAS SPLASHED BY HOT WAX FROM A CANDLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | 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 SUS FOREIGN BODY TO EYE BY CANDLE WAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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. HAD ALLERGIC REACTION IN EYES TO CITRONELLA CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 26 YOM GOT CANDLE WAX IN EYE CONJUNCTIVITS L EYE CHEMICAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 46 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FB TO EYES. PT GOT CANDLE WAX IN EYES @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| ATTEMPTING TO BLOW OUT OF A CANDLE -FLAME ENLARGED RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| RT SCALERA BURN.PT HAD WAX FROM CANDLE DRIP INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Rugs or carpets |
| SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHILE REMOVING CANDLE WAX FROM CARPET DX. FB EY E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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