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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,358
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS HANDLING A CANDLE AT HOME AND GOT WAX ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER THER MAL BURN TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2006 | Age: 12 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 |
| LAC L HAND; @ HOME REAZCHING INTO GLASS CANDLE & IT BROKE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE BY BEING STRUCK BY A FALLING CANDLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| AN UNLIT CANDLE FELL ON PT'S FOREHEAD, IN A STORE- NO LOC DX: MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2006 | Age: 6 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: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PLAYING NEAR CANDLE AND BURNED FOOT,NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURNED FROM A CANDLE FLAME. DX 1ST DEGREE SCALP BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2006 | 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, Computers |
| SITTING AT THE COMPUTER, KNOCKED A GLASS CANDLE WHICH BROCK CUTTIGN FOO T " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2006 | Age: 11 years | 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 |
| LACERATION HAND - 11 YO FEMALE PRESENTS FROM HOME WITH CUT TO PALM OF R IGHT HAND WHEN SHE ON A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2006 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | 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, Televisions |
| LAC FOREHEAD; CANDLE STICK FELL FROM TV STRIKING PT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: 25 - 50% Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Costumes or masks |
| PT WAS WEARING HALLOWEEN COSTUME AND GOT TO CLOSE TO CANDLE D: BURN TO FOOT AND HAND LEFT SIDE 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| WALKED INTO GLASS CANDLE HOLDER AND GLASS BROKE. DX LACERATION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | 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 CUT FOOT ON CANDLE HOLDER LACERATION LEFT FOOT AND 3RD TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT FELL AND CANDLEHOLDER FELL ON PTS HEAD. D: SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT KICKED A CANDLEABRA WITH HER FOOT. DX: LACERATION TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURNED FOOT WITH HOT WAX TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 ON SCONCE; LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| DX LACERATION LEFT FOOT: STEPPED ON GLASS CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CUT WRIST ON CANDLEHOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT DX B URN TO FACE - FROM CANDLE WAX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/11/2006 | Age: 10 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 |
| LEG LAC - DROPPED GLASS CANDLEHOLDER ON LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT AT HOME LIGHTING A CANDLE IT BLEW WAX N EYE DX R EYE BURN 2ND TO WAX IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT LAC LOWER LEG WITH A BROKEN GLASS CANDLE STICK. DX LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SPILLED HT WAX ON SELF WHILE WAXING APPLES SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO KNEE AND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 7 YO MALE HAD CANDLE WAX DRIP ON FINGER SECOND DEGREE BURN 4TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | 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 WAX ON HAND & FOOT, BURNS ,10% BSA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2006 | 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 Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CSTATES A CANDLE FELL AND BURNT HIP DX LT THERMAL HIP BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 - 7 YOF PRESENTS WITH MOM WITH C/O "WE WERE IN A FIRE AND NEEDS TO BE CHECKED", MOTHER HAD LEFT CANDLE BURNING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2006 | Age: 15 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 |
| 15 YOM COUGHING UP DARK MUCOUS AFTER HOUSE FIRE, MOTHER HAD LIT CANDLE AND THEN WENT TO BED, FIRE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED FIRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT LAC RT FOOT ON A BROKEN CANDLE HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2006 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CUT KNEE ON A CANDLE HOLDER DX: R KNEE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | 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 BURNED FACE WHILE TRYING TO LIGHT A CANDLE DX: SECOND DEGREE BURN TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2006 | Age: 14 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, Clothing |
| PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH A CANDLE & HIS CLOTHES CAUGHT FIRE BURNING HIS HAND & WRIST. NO FD PRES MENTIONED. DX - 2ND DEG BURN TO LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2006 | Age: 10 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: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CHILD WAS BLOWING OUT CANDLE W/ BROTHER AT HOME AND HOT WAX SPILLED ONT O FOREARM, HAS REDNESS AND BLISTERS. DX: BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| LACERATION EYEBROW - 7 YOM STRUCK BY FALLING GLASS CANDLE SUSTAINING LA CERATION TO RIGHT EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 BURNT LEFT HAND ON CANDLE WAX AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Day wear |
| BURNS, 1ST DEGREE TO CHEST AND LEGS AND 2ND DEGREE TO FACE, SHIRT CAUGH T FIRE FROM OIL CANDLE NO FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 02/19/2006 | Age: 12 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 |
| GLASS CANDLEHOLDER FELL ON FOOT LAC FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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, Tables |
| SMOKE INHALATION - 15 YOF BURNING CANDLES WHEN POWER WENT OUT, BEDSIDE TABLE CAUGHT FIRE, TRIED TO PUT OUT WITH WATER, INHALED SMOKE, F/D ATT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2006 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Day wear |
| REACHING OVER CANDLE & CAUGHT T-SHIRT ON FIRE AT HOME, DAD ROLLED ON GR OUND AND REMOVED HER SHIRT; 2ND DG ARM/HIP BURNS, SINGED HAIR, FD+ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CUT HEAD WHEN CANDLE HOLDER FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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