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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 977
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2009 | Age: 46 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 WITH LACERATION TO LEFT HAND AFTER CUTTING IT ON BROKEN CANDLE. DX L ACERATION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2009 | Age: 38 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 |
| PT GRABBED CANDLE AND WAS BURENED BY HOT WAX. DX: BILAT HAND BURN INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | 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 SPILLED HOT WAX ONTO (L) HAND, BURNING FINGERS & PALM DX;# BURN (L) HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| RIGHT HAND BURN. PT WAS BLOWING OUT A GEL CANDLE AND THE WAX BLEW UP BU RNING HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | 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 CUT HAND ON BASE OF CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME, LACERATION TO L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND WHEN PICKING UP A BROKEN CANDLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 32 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 |
| INJURED HAND ON BROKEN CANDLE HOLDER LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2009 | Age: 36 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, Knives |
| PT WAS TRYING TO GET WAX OUT OF CANDLE WITH A KNIFE AND CUT HAND DX: LACERATION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 30 YOF, DROPPED CANDLE , CUT HAND ON BROKEN GLASS, HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 38YO WHITE FEMALE MAKING CANDLES-SLIPPED & SPILLED WAX ON L HAND DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/27/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BBURNED HAND ON SOME HOT CANDLE WAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2009 | Age: 34 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, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| BURNED HAND WHEN CANDLE BURNED CURTAIN 2ND DEGREE BURNS LT HAND * |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 BLOWING OUT A CITRONELLA CANDLE AND THE HOT WAX BLEW ONTO RIGHT HAND THERMAL BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| BURN TO HAND FROM CANDLE WAX DX: BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 38 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 |
| CUT HAND ON A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER LACERATION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| GOT HOT WAX ONTO HAND DX: BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED FIRST DEGREE BURN TO HAND ON HOT WAX* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CUT HAND ON CANDLE HOLDER DX: HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| ABSCESS WITH FOREIGN BODY OF RIGHT HAND - BROKE GLASS CANDLEHOLDER ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, NOW WITH PAIN AND SWELLING TO HAND/ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 32 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 |
| ACCIDENTALLY BURNT HAND ON HOT WAX 3 HOURS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL+BLISTERING >>BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2009 | Age: 36 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, Other ranges or ovens |
| 36 YO MELTING CANDLE IN A POT ON STOVE INJURED HAND BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2009 | Age: 42 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 CUT HAND ON GLASS CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME 3 CM LACERATIONRT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| HAND LAC-CUT ON GLASS CANDLESTICK HOLDER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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