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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 985
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT BURNED HANDS WHILE TRYING TO PUT OUT FIRE THAT STARTED WHIL BURNING A CANDLE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURN TO LT HAND WITH CANDLE WAX 2ND DEGREE BURN LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT DX TENDON LACERATION RT HA ND - PT TRIPPED AND FELL CUTTING HER HAND AGAINST CANDLEHOLDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURN TO AHND FROM CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 ON HAND BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SPILLED HOT CANDLEWAX ON HAND, DX; 1ST DEGREE BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| LACERATION HAND - 30 YOM WAS AT A STORE AND PICKED UP A GLASS CANDLE TH AT BROKE LACERATING HIS LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| LAC HAND - CUT HAND ON BROKEN CANDLE JAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2006 | Age: 37 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, Containers |
| OPENING ***'S CANDLE GLASS, SLIPPED CUTTING HAND" LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2006 | Age: 34 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 |
| PT LACERATED PLAM ON BROKEN SHARD OF DIRTY CRYSTAL CANDLE HO9LDER. D: L ACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURNS 2ND DEGREE R HAND, PT GOT BURNED W/HOT WAX FROM A CANDLE AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, BLISTERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT C/O BILAT. HAND BURNS. PT TRIED TO STOP LIQUID CANDLE FROM TURNING O VER AND SPILLED ON HAND. DX 2 DEGREE BURN TO RT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 48 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 |
| SPILLED HOT WAX ON HAND DX: BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CAMDLE WAS BEING MELTED HOT WAX CONTACT WITH HANDS BURNS, PARTIAL THICKNESS OF BOTH HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2006 | Age: 31 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 |
| RIGHT HAND LAC. PT CUT HAND ON A GLASS JAR CANDLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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, Blankets |
| PT'S WIFE LEFT CANDLE BURNING AND PT AWOKE TO BLANKETS ON FIRE. FD NS. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS R HAND & FINGERS BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2006 | Age: 44 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 |
| PT PICKED UP A LIT CANDLE AND HOT WAX SPILLED ON HAND YEST, STILL HAS P AIN. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SPILLED HOT WAX OFF SCENTED CANDLE ON HAND "BURN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS BURNED WHILE MOVING A CANDLE 4 DAYS AGO. DX: L HAND CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 HOT CANDLE WAX DX SECOND DEGREE BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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