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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 304
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURN FACE - 8 YOF WENT TO BLOW OUT CANDLES AND GOT HOT WAX ON HER FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURN FACE - 12 YOF WAS BLOWING OUT TWO CANDLES AND GOT SOME OF THE HOT WAX ON HER FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| EYEBROW LAC-FELL-HIT CANDLE HOLDER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT. HIT ON FOREHEAD W/BASE OF CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME. DX. LAC FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| REACHING FOR SOMETHING A CANDLE HOLDER FELL ON HEAD LACERATION FOREHEAD 1 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS STRUCK IN FACE BY THROWN CANDLE. DX: FACIAL CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PUTTING CANDLE INTO HOLDER WHICH BROKE DX. NOSE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT SUST BURN ON FACE FROM CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Tables |
| 6YOF-1ST DEGREE THERMAL BURN FOREHEAD-BURNED AT HOME BENDING OVER CAND LES ON TABLE-GOT TOO CLOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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