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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 951
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 36 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 |
| CUT FINGER ON CANDLE HOLDER/FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2006 | Age: 34 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 WHILE PICKING UP GLASS FROM BROKEN CANDLE CONTAINER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT TOUCHED A LIT CANDLE AND SUSTAINED A BURN TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 1ST DEGREE BURN RT 2ND FINGER-SUS 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO FINGER ON FLAMES FROM A CANDLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2006 | Age: 47 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 |
| PICKING UP GLASS CANDLE HOLDER THAT WAS CRACKED AT HOME SUST LAC TO L I NDEX FINGER DX 1.5 CM LAC L 2ND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2006 | Age: 45 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 |
| BURN RT INDEX AND THUMB FLAMING WAX AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2006 | Age: 47 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 CUT FINGER ON A BROKEN CANDLEHOLDER AT HOME, DX: LACERATION TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 35 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 CUT FINGER ON GLASS WHILE CLEANING OUT CANDLE. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/28/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT BURNED FINGER ON HOT CANDLE WAX AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CAST IRON CANDLE STICK FELL ONTO HAND " FINGR FX" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURN TO FINGER ON FLAME OF CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2006 | Age: 50 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 |
| LEFT THUMB BURN-BURNED FINGER WITH HOT WAX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | 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 WAS BURNED W/HOT CANDLE WAX. DX: 2ND DEG BURN L FOURTH DIGIT, 1ST DEG BURN L 3RD DIGIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CUT WHILE PUTTING A CANDLE INTO GLASS VOTIVE ABRASION LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 LACERATED FINGER ON GLASS CANDLE VOTIVE WHILE ACCESSING CANDLE. D: F INGER LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2006 | Age: 31 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 |
| CUT ON BROKEN CANDLE HOLDER 1 CM FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2006 | Age: 46 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 |
| CLEANING A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER AND LACERATED HAND ON THE GLASS FINGER L ACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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