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Accidents - Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders - Year 2007 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 297
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Date: 09/02/2007Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/13/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
11YOM WAS WORKING ON WAX MODEL,DROPPED PLIERS WITH HOT WAX,SPLASHED INTO LEFT EYE;CHEMICAL BURN LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT PULLED CANDLE ONTO FACE GOT DRY WAX IN EYES DX// BILAT EYE FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2007Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 05/19/2007Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT DROPPED A GLASS CANDLE STICK HOLDER AND IT SHATTERED GOT A PIECE IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2007Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PEICE OF A BROKEN GLASS CANDLE HOLDER BROKE AND GOT INTO EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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