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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 234
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 8 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 |
| PATIENT BLOWING OUT CANDLE AT AUNT'S HOUSE, WAX BLEW INTO EYE; WAX FLEC KS TO EYE, FACE, EYELASHES, HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 8 YOF BLOWING OUT A CANDLE GOT AND GOT BITS OF WAX I NTO BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PLAYING AROUND WITH CANDLE GOT HOT WAX IN EYE DX: EYE FB REMOVED |
| 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: 02/04/2002 | Age: 14 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 |
| =14YOM CANDLE BLEW UP IN EYE AT HOME DX/FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| GOT DEBRIS IN EYE FROM CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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