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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 871
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 6YOF POKED RIGHT KNEE ON METAL CANDLE HOLDER LAST NIGHT C/O PAIN AND SW ELLING.DX: PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| BURNT RT THUMB ON CANDLE LAST WK, NOW PRESENTS WITH PAIN&PUS DRAINAGE >>BURN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/29/2009 | Age: 12 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 |
| DIRECT BLOW, PT HIT ON HEAD WITH A CANDLESTICK THROWN BY SIBLING. DX. LAC SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 7 YOM WITH 3CM RIGHT WRIST LAC FROM A BROKEN GLASS CANDLE 7 SUTURES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 6 YO F BURNED HER HAIR ON A CANDLE DX: THERMAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2009 | Age: 13 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 |
| LEFT FOOT LAC.PT DROPPED A CANDLE HOLER AND IT BROKE THEN PT STEPPED ON GLASS AND LACERATED FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| HOT WAX GOT INTO R EYEBALL DX: ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX LAC KNEE/LEG, FULL THICKNESS, 2.5CM: KNEEL'G ON HER FLOOR PICK'G UP GLASS F VOTIVE THAT BROKE & CUT KNEE ON A LARGE PIECE OF GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| WRIST BURN. PT MELTED PLASTIC FROM A BURNING CANDLE BURNING WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2009 | Age: 10 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| AT HOME TRYING TO LIGHT CANDLE W/ CIGARETTE LIGHTER WHEN T-SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE. MOM PUT OUT IN BATHTUB. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO L CHEST/HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURNED NECK WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO LIGHT A CANDLE THAT WAS NEXT TO RUNNI NG ALCOHOL DX: THERMAL BURN DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2009 | 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 |
| KNEE LAC-FELL ON BROKEN CANDLE HOLDER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| ACC BURNT HAND WHILE LITHTING A CANDLE,?MECH >>BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CUT HAND ON A CANDLE HOLDER. DX. HAND LACERATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2009 | Age: 9 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 |
| PT FELL INTO SOME BROKEN CANDLE GLASS DX: LAC LT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2009 | Age: 8 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 |
| PT WITH LAC TO FACE, STRUCK BY A CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| CUT LEG W A CANDLE STICK WHEN TRIPPED OVER. LAC. LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 15YOF WAS FLICKING A CANDLE,THE WAX GOT ONTO HAND,WENT TO FLICK IT OFF DEVELOPED PAIN IN RT WRIST;WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2009 | 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: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| HOT WAX BURNED CHILD DX: SCALD BURN TO L HAND <1% BSA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BLOWING OUT CANDLE WAX BLEW ITIN EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURNED WITH A CANDLE. DX-2ND DEGREE BURNS WRIST AND HAND# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Other glass bottles or jars |
| WAS MAKING A CANDLE, & WAS TRYING TO PUSH IT INTO A JAR, & THE JAR BROKE, CUTTING HER LT HAND. DX; HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Stairs or steps |
| ATTEMPTING TO SMELL CANDLE WHEN CAUGHT HAIR ON FIRE, THEN RAN UP 2 FLIG HTS OF STAIRS W/HAIR ON FIRE; 2ND DG SCALP/FACE BURNS, 3RD DG HELIX,FD? |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/13/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| KNEE INJURY FROM CUTTING ON GLASS CANDLESTICK HOLDER. DX-ACUTE RIGHT KNEE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 14 YO DROPPED CANDLE HOLDER ON FOOT SPRAIN FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| AT HOME,CANDLE FELL OVER CAUSING FIRE,LEFT HOUSE OK WITH SMOKE INHALATI ON,UNK IF FIRE DEPT ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT STATES CUT FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS CANDLE CONTAINER AT SCHOOL; FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | 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, Microwave ovens |
| 13 YOF WAS TAKING WAX OUT OF MICROWAVE OVEN, USING FOR HAIR REMOVAL, AN D SPILLED SOME ONTO HER RIGHT THUMB SUSTAINING BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Knives |
| PT WAS CUTTING A CANDLE WITH A KNIFE, ACCIDENTLY STABBED LEG WITH KNIFE LACERATION TO UPPER LEG. DX LACEARTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 6 YOF WAS LEANING OVER A BURNING CANDLE AND HAIR CAUGHT ON FIRE, SUSTAI NED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO L TEMPLE AND L EAR LOBE, FIRE DEPT = YES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2009 | Age: 10 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 |
| PT CUT FINGER ON GLASS CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME DX/ LEFT 4TH FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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