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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 344
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 THUMB ON CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 65 YOWM ACIDENTALLY CUT HIS THUMB ON A BROKEN GLASS CANDLE HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER FROM CANDLE HOLDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| RT INDEX FINGER LAC-CUT ON A CRYSTAL CANDLELABRA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 57-YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS FINGER FROM A BROKEN CANDLE AT HOM E. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | 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 WAS CLEANING CANDLE HOLDER. DX: LAC L SMALL FINGER .5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| BURN ON LT MIDDLE FINGER W/CANDLE WAX ONE WEEK AGO PAIN DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN LT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2002 | Age: 64 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 |
| BURNED FINGER ON HOT WAX DX: THUMB BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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