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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 152
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT PULLED OVER CANDLE AND POURED HOT WAX ONTO ABDOMEN AT BABYSITTERS YE ST, NOW W/REDNESS AND BLISTERING TO BURN; BURN ON ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT FELL ON CHRISTMAS LIGHTED CANDLESTICK; LOWER BACK LAC./PUNCTURE WOUND, UPPER BACK ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WITH A ONE FOOT LONG CANDLE STUCK IN RECTUM, BY GIRLFRIEND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WITH FRACTURED PELVIS, TRIPPED OVER A CANDLE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT STATES WAS HORSEPLAYING AND FELL ON BROKEN CANDLE TWO DAYS AGO. LEFT WITHOUT SEEING DOCTOR. DX; LACERATION TO LOW BACK |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO CANDLEHOLDER, GLASS BROKE, PT SUSTAINED LACERA TION TO BUTTOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Bathtubs or showers |
| SLIPPED IN SHOWER AND LANDED ON GLASS CANDLE. DX LACERATION BUTTOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Blankets |
| PT LIT A CANDLE AND FELL ASLEEP W/ROOM CATCHING FIRE, TRIED TO PUT OUT W/BLANKET. FD NS. DX: 2ND DEG BURNS ABDOMEN AND R LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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