Accidents - Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,590
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	81
Year 1998:	149
Year 1999:	36
Year 2000:	42
Year 2001:	123
Year 2002:	132
Year 2003:	315
Year 2004:	203
Year 2005:	177
Year 2006:	86
Year 2007:	84
Year 2009:	62
Year 2010:	95

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/26/2010	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
48YOF, C/O EYE FB SENSATION AFTER BREAKING A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER >>R/O EYE RETAINED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2010	Age: 44 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
44YOF BROKE A GLASS CANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THINKS A PIECE OF GLASS I S IN LEFT EYE WITH PAIN. DX: FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2010	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
44YO HISP FEMALE POKED IN L EYE WITH CANDLE HOLDER AT A STORE DX ABRASION L SCLERA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
REPORTS WAS POURING ?CITRONELLO OIL IN TORCH WHEN CANDLE EXPOLODED&GOT SOMETHING IN THE EYE>>FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT BLEW OUT CANDLE AND FELT SOMETHING GO INTO EYE(POSSIBLY WAX), CONTUS ION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2009	Age: 27 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
PT WAS BLOWING OUT A CANDLE AND THE WAX BLEW INTO PT'S EYE. DX FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	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, Other glass bottles or jars
46 YOF CANDLE IN GLASS JAR EXPOLDED AND GLASS GOT IN HER EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT GLASS CANDLE HOLDER SHATTERED AND GLASS GOT INTO PTS EYE DX// RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 YO MALE HAD CANDLE WAX FLY INTO EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
CORNEAL ABRASION - 26 YOM BLEW OUT A CANDLE AND HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE WITH LEFT EYE, EYE IS RED AND IRRITATED, DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT C/O WAX IN EYE. DX CHEMICAL THERMAL INJURY. DX FIRST DEGREE BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT HIT RT EYE ON CANDLE STICK AT HOME DX:CORNEAL AB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
STRUCK IN THE EYE W/ AN INCENSE HOLDER TRAUMATIC IRITIS RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT LIGHTING CANDLES AND A PIECE OF CANDLE CAME UP AND HIT IN EYE C/O PA IN BLURRED VISION AND REDNESS LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT TRIPPED&FELL ON A GLASS CANDLE THAT BROKE INJURING EYE, SUSTAINED " RUPTURE LT GLOBE"+"FACIAL LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
BLEW OUT CANDLE, SOME WAX FLEW AT FACE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT. STATES GLASS CANDLEHOLDER BROKE AND SMALL PIECES FLEW TOWARD FACE. DX. ACUTE R EYE PAIN, R CORNEAL ABRA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
48 Y/O F INJURED R EYE WHEN STRUCK WITH SPRING LOADED CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT LOOKING AT A CANDLE AT HOME WHEN HER HUSBAND BLEW THE CANDLE OUT AND BLEW HOT WAX IN LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Matches
LIGHTING A CANDLE AT HOME, THINKS PIECE OF MATCH STRUCK HIM IN RIGHT EY E, HE WEARS CONTACTS, DENIES OVERUSE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT SPARK FLEW LIGHTING CANDLE, CORNEAL BURN OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2001	Age: 29 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2001	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2001	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2000	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/1999	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Matches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/1999	Age: 29 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/1998	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/1998	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/1997	Age: 35 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: Other
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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