Accidents - Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders - Year 2006 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,064
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	147
6-15 years old:	338
16-25 years old:	251
26-50 years old:	985
50+ years old:	341

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

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: 12/27/2006	Age: 12 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
LAC L HAND; @ HOME REAZCHING INTO GLASS CANDLE & IT BROKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	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
PICKED UP A HOT CANDLE JAR THAT WAS SMOKING AND BURNED BOTH HANDS,UNK I F FIRE DEPT ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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: 12/16/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Mattresses
PT WAS SLEEPING AND CANDLE FELL OVER CATCHING MATTRESS ON FIRE. +FD. DX: 1ST DEG BURNS HANDS & FEET, SMOKE INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 51 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
BURNED HANDSTRYING TO GET BURNING CANDLE OUT SIDE/ 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS BOTH HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Artificial flowers or plants
BIL HAND BURNS. PT WAS ASLEEP WHEN A CANDLE CAUGHT SOME ARTIFICIAL FLOW ERS ON FIRE AND HE TRIED PUTTING OUT THE FLAMES. FD NOT RECORDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
USING WAX WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AND SPILLED ONTO HAND BURNING IT, NO FIRE DEPT ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2006	Age: 23 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 WAS BURNED BY CANDLE WAX. DX: R HAND SUPERFICIAL BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2006	Age: 20 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
RT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND ON A CANDLELABRA.
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: 11/25/2006	Age: 18 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, Knives
PT TRYING TO TRIM WICK OF CANDLE WITH KNIFE, LAC LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2006	Age: 11 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
LACERATION HAND - 11 YO FEMALE PRESENTS FROM HOME WITH CUT TO PALM OF R IGHT HAND WHEN SHE ON A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER
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: 09/11/2006	Age: 51 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
CLEANING GLASS CUT HAND ON A CERAMIC CANDLE HOLDER LACERATION RIGHT PALM
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: 08/31/2006	Age: 65 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
PT WAS CARRYING BURNING CANDLE AND HOT WAS POURED ON LEFT HAND 2ND DEGR EE BURNS TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2006	Age: 21 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
CUTTING AN OLD CANDLE AT HOME, KNIFE STUCK IN HAND. DX. LAC L HAND.
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: 08/13/2006	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
LARGE CANDLE FELL ON HAND/HAND CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 20 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
CUT HAND ON BROKEN CANDLE GLASS HOLDER " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	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 CUT ON SCONCE; LAC HAND
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: 07/09/2006	Age: 22 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, Counters or countertops
PT TRIED TO GRAB A CANDLESTICK HOLDER THAT WAS FALLING OFF OF COUNTER B EFORE IT HIT THE FLOOR, LAC 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: 05/31/2006	Age: 18 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
PT SUST BURN TO HAND FROM HOT WAX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 15 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
SPILLED WAX ON HAND & FOOT, BURNS ,10% BSA
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: 04/29/2006	Age: 17 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
PATIENT WAS REACHING FOR A CANDLESTICK WHEN IT CAUGHT HER HAND. DX-LACERATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2006	Age: 5 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
MOM STATES PT WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF PAPER OVER A BURNING CANDLE. DX. 2 DEG BURNS HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	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
DX LEFT HAND LACERATION: GLASS CANDLE HOLDER SHATTERED IN HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2006	Age: 24 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
GLASS CANDLE JAR BROKE LAC HAND
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: 03/25/2006	Age: 54 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, Scald
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Televisions
BURN HAND - FROM HOT WAX - CANDLE CAUGHT TOP OF TELEVISION ON FIRE - FI RE DEPARTMENT UNKNOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 13 months	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
LAC TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON CANDLE HOLDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	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, Clothing
PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH A CANDLE & HIS CLOTHES CAUGHT FIRE BURNING HIS HAND & WRIST. NO FD PRES MENTIONED. DX - 2ND DEG BURN TO LT HAND
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: 03/09/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 BURNT LEFT HAND ON CANDLE WAX AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	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, Cookware
PT WAS MELTING WAX TO MAKE CANDLES. POT CAUGHT FIRE AND SHE THREW IT OUTSIDE. FD NS. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN L HAND.
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: 02/15/2006	Age: 2 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, Day wear
1-2 DEGREE BURNS L & R HANDS; CANDLE BURNING IN HOME, PRNTS NOTICED PTS SHIRTSLEEVES ON FIRE, PUT OUT FIRE, CLEANED HANDS, APPLIED NEOSPORIN
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: 01/15/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
CONTUSED HAND WHEN FELL WITH CANDLE HOLDER
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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