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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 478
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2008 | Age: 3 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Bags |
| PT HAD HAND IN BAG WITH SCENTED CANDLE AND RUBBED EYE, POSS FB TO EYE |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 2 Y/O C/O EYE PAIN, GOT SCENTED CANDLE OIL IN EEYE, SPILLED CANDLE OIL ON FA CE. DX-FORBIGN BODY (OIL) IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| PT DROPPED A GLASS CANDLESTICK HOLDER AND A PIECE OF GLASS WENT INTO RI GHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 4 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 |
| PT HAD GOTTON A HOLD OF GLASS CANDLE HOLDER WHICH SHATTERED DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 3 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 |
| PT PULLED DOWN A LIT CANDLE AND WAX SPLASHED IN EYES CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 4 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 |
| CHILD TRIED TO BLOW OUT CANDLE IN AUNT'S BATHROOM AND HAD HOT WAX SPLAS H IN EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION, 1ST DEG BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 6 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 |
| PATIENT BLEW OUT CANDLE LAST NIGHT, WAX SPLATTERED IN EYE, MOM WAS ABLE TO REMOVE, STILL HAS EYE PAIN; EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Ceilings and walls |
| LAC EYE- SCONCE FELL FROM WALL |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 05/21/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| GOT WAX FROM HOT CANDLE IN EYE. DX EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2008 | Age: 20 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 |
| GOT A CANDLE WHICH HAD BURNED AND HAD LIQUID WAX THROWN AT HER DX FOREIGN BODY R/L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2008 | Age: 14 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 |
| PT'S LITTLE BROTHER THREW A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER AND HIT PT IN THE EYE W ITH IT. UNKNOWN INTENT. DX. EYE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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