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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 90
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT BLOWING OUT CANDLE AT AUNT'S HOUSE, WAX BLEW INTO EYE; WAX FLEC KS TO EYE, FACE, EYELASHES, HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 8 YOF BLOWING OUT A CANDLE GOT AND GOT BITS OF WAX I NTO BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| =14YOM CANDLE BLEW UP IN EYE AT HOME DX/FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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