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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,502
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2004 | Age: 14 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 |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 14 YOF GOT SOMETHING IN HER LEFT EYE AFTER BLOWING O UT A CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Day wear |
| 2ND DEGREE CHEST WALL/FACIAL BURNS FROM CANDLE BURNING WITH SHIRT C ATCHING ON FIRE/DID NOT MENTION IF FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/14/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT SPLATTERED HOT CANDLE WAX INTO RIGHT EYE AT HOME, WAS PLAYING WITH A CANDLE. DX-BURN TO EYE. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/08/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| TRYING TO LIGHT A CANDLE LAST PM, BURNT THUMB; THUMB BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SPLASHED HOT WAX IN EYE [CANDLE] CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT LACERATED SOLE OF RIGHT FOOT ON CANDLE. DX: LACERATION 2 CM, FOOT SOLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Chemicals |
| PLAYING WITH WAX COPPER SULFATE WATER AND DENTURED ALCOHOL COMBUSTION O CCURRED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS OVER KNEES AND LOWER LEGS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/14/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT KNOCKED OVER A CANDLE AND SPILLED HOT WAX ONTO FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | 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, Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT WAS TAKING A BATH AND CUT HER HIP ON A CANDLE. DX-LACERATION HIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| SHOULDER BURN, CANDLE FELL OFF SHELF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 13 YR OLD MALE HAD CANDLE STICK THROWN AT ARM HEMATOMA LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Furniture |
| PT MOVING FURNITURE AT HOME. CANDLE FELL ON PATIENT'S HEAD; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 C/O CANDLE WAX WENT TO RT EYE AT HOME THIS PM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Ironing boards or covers |
| CANDLE LEFT ON IRONING BOARD UNSURE HOW LONG CAUGHT ON FIRE SOOT IN FAC E/NOSE, SMOKE INHALATION/FIER DEPT DID ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT DROPPED A LARGE GLASS CANDLE HOLDER ONTO RIGHT GREAT TOE CONTUSION T OE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| DROPPED A CANDLE HOLDER DX. LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| LOWER LEG LACERATIONS, DROPPED CANDLE AND IT BROKE, SHE TRIED TO CLEAN UP AND IT CUT HER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2004 | Age: 9 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: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT HAIR CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM A CANDLE PT EXTINGUISHED FIRE- DX BURNS O N FOREHEAD + LT EAR ( 2ND DEGREE HAND) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| ANOTHER PERSON THREW A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER HEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| IRON CANDLE HOLDER FELL ON PATIENT AT HOME; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| LAC L LEG - CUT LEG ON A CANDLE JAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT CUT THUMB ON CERAMIC CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME; THUMB LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Soaps |
| BURNT HANDS AFTER WASHING WITH ALCOHOL BASED HAND CLEANER/SANITIZER IGNITED FROM CANDLE NEAR SINK - 1ST/2ND DEGREE BURNS BOTH HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| STEPPED ON GLASS CANDLE HOLDER FOOT LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2004 | Age: 6 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, Day wear |
| RAN INTO BURNING CANDLE IN BATHROOM AT HOME, CAUGHT SHIRT ON FIRE; BURN TO ABDOMEN (NO COMMENTS ABOUT FD IN CHART) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| THE CAT JUMPED AND KNOCKED A BURNING CANDLE; CANDLE FELL ONTO PTS HEAD. D : SINGED HAIR - MIMIMAL BURN TO HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2004 | Age: 12 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, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| HAND BURN-BURNED ON HOT WAX FROM A CANDLE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SHIN LAC-CUT ON BROKEN CANDLE HOLDER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT MAKING CANDLES AT HOME AND POURED HOT WAX ON LEFT THUMB LEFT THUMB B URN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT. GOT BURNED ON CHEST & STOMACH BY A CANDLE, AT HOME DX: BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Clothing irons |
| 2DAYS AGO PT BURNED L EYE WITH HOT CANDLE WAX SCAB AROUND EYE TODAY PT BURNED FINGER WITH HOT IRON. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/04/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SMOKE INHALATION FROM SMOKE FROM CANDLE FIRE F.D. AT SCEEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 11 TURNED OVER CANDLE AND WAS BURNED BY HOT WAX. S/P FIRST DEGREE BURN /MINOR SECOND DEGREE BURN ON RIGHT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| A 5 LB. CANDLE FELL ONTO PATIENT'S HEAD. DX-SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| STEPPED ON PIECE OF BROKEN CANDLE HOLDER DX. FOOT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 15 YOF SPILLED HOT CANDLEWAX ON HER LOWER RIGHT LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT DROPPED A CANDLESTICK HOLDER ONTO LEFT FOOT LACERATION FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Bedspreads, throws or comforters |
| PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS RT LEG.PT HAD A CANDLE SET COMFORTER ON FIRE WH ILE PT SLEEPING.NO FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT AT HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY AT HOME WHEN HE INHALED TO BLOW OUT HIS CAKE C ANDLES INHALED THE CANDLE SMOKE AND WENT INTO BRONCHOSPASMS- ASTHMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| LAC R 3RD FINGER; CUT ON GLASS/CANDLE @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2004 | 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: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT STEPPED ON BROKEN GLASS FROM BROKEN CANDLE HOLDER 2 DAYS AGO. D: FOR EIGN BODY, FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT PUT A 22 SHELL BULLET OVER A CANDLE FIRE AND IT EXPLODED AND HIT HIS FOREHEAD/ PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| FOOT LAC-CUT ON A CANDLE HOLDER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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