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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,583
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Outerwear |
| 42 YOM CANDLE SET COAT ON FIRE AND HE TRIED TO PUT IT OUT WITH HIS HAND NO FD - SECOND DEGREE BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 26 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 |
| USING HOT WAX ON LEG AND GOT SOME ON HAND BURNING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Blankets |
| PT AWOKE IN HIS TENT TO FIND HIS BLANKET ON FIRE FM A BURNING CANDLE. PT FIRE OUT WITH HAND NO FD. 2ND DEGREE BURN HAND, INHILATION INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2008 | Age: 28 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 |
| CUT HAND TRYING TO GET CANDLE OUT OF GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| CUT HAND ON GLASS CANDLE AT ***, DX; LAC.HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 15 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 |
| CANDLE HOLDER FELL ON HAND AT HOME. DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 25 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 |
| 25YOF WAS HOME CARVING A CANDLE USING A PARING KNIFE,ACCIDENTLY CUT LT HAND PALM;LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 HAND ON HOT CANDLE WAX;DX BURNED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2008 | Age: 21 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, Mattresses |
| CANDLE CAUGHT MATTRESS ON FIRE BURNED HANDS GETTING MATTRESS OUT NOT STATED IF FIRE DEPT CAME 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED A BURN TO LEFT HAND WITH HOT WAX. DX-LEFT HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 43 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, Rugs or carpets |
| PT AWOKE THIS AM & FOUND HIS CANDLE WAS BURNING THE CARPET STARTING 2 S TOMP FIRE W/ HAND & FOOT C/O BURNS. DX:2ND DEGREE BURNS,BLISTER FORMATI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| THE POWER WENT OUT IN THEIR HOME, & SO MOM LIT CANDLES, PT GRABBED A CANDLE & BURNED LT HAND. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO LT PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 WITH BURNS TO HAND FROM A CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 21 months | 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 |
| 21MO OLD CUT HAND ON CANDLE HOLDER LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| INTOXICATED AND BURNED HAND ON A CITRONELLA CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 2 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, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT TOUCHED HOT CANDLE BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 25 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: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT STS SPILLED HOT WAX ON R HAND DX 2ND DEGREE BURN R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 29 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 SUSTAINED BURN TO HAND FROM HOT WAX* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 47 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 |
| 47YOM CAME HOME INTOXICATED,FELL LANDED ON A GLASS CANDLE,CUTTING LEFT HAND;HAND LACERATION,8-CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED BURN TO HAND AFTER HE DROPPED HOT CANDLE WAX ON IT* |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/17/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 ON CANDLE WAX. DX-THERMAL BURNS L HAND # |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 1ST DEGREE BURNS RT FOREARM-SUS 1ST DEG BURN TO RT FA AND HAND WHEN HEP ICKED UP A LIT *** CANDLE AND WAX SPILLED ON FA AND HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 WITH BURNS TO HAND FROM A CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Pillows |
| 29YOM WAS HOME CAT KNOCKED OVER A CANDLE,SET BED PILLOW ON FIRE,INJURED HANDS TRYING TO PUT OUT;BURN ON BOTH HANDS,FD WAS NOT PRESENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT SUSTAINED BURN TO HAND AFTER TRYING TO PUT OUT A FIRE SET BY A CANDLE. FIRE DEPT DID NOT ATTEND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 26 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 |
| CUT HAND ON CANDLE HOLDER/HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | 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 HOT WAX ON HAND DX: BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURN BY WAX, WHEN MOVING CANDLE DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 33 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, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| RIGHT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND GETTING MELTED CANDLE OUT OF A GLASS VASE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT BURNT HAND ON CANDLE AT HOME FIRE DEPT DID NOT ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| L HAND LAC. A CANDLE HOLDER BROKE & PT CUT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| WOKE UP TO FIRE AFTER A LIT CANDLE CAUGHT CURTAINS ON FIRE WITH 5% TBSA BURNS TO HANDS AND FEET,FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | 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: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| DX BURNS, BIL HANDS: CANDLE MAKING, STIRRING HOT WAX WHEN AIR BUBBLE POPPED AND SPLATTERED HOT WAX ONTO BOTH HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2008 | Age: 44 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 |
| LAC TO L HAND W/KNIFE MAKING CANDLES DX; HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT BURNED RT HAND ON CANDLE WAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2008 | Age: 17 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 LEFT HAND WITH HOT WAX BURN * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURNED BOTH HANDS ON CANDLE,NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 48 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 |
| PT CUT HAND ON A BORKEN CANDLE JAR AT HOME DX: DEEP LACERATION TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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