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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 379
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 4 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 |
| WHILE PLAYING WITH BROTHER HIT WITH CANDLE TO FOREHEAD ..LAC TO FOREHE AD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SPILLED HOT WAX ON FACE. DX BURNS - EYELIDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 |
| TRYING TO BLOW OUT A CANDLE AND HAIR CAUGHT ON FIRE. DX 2ND DEGREE BUR N TO FOREHEAD. NO FD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Stairs or steps |
| PATIENT WAS RUNNING UP STAIRS, SLIPPED AND FELL AT TOP, RAN INTO A SHEL F WITH A METAL CANDLESTICK HOLDER ON IT HITTING HEAD; FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT PULLED WAX CANDLE DOWN ON SELF, WAX ON FACE, HEAD/HAIR, EAR, UP PER ARM; NO INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2008 | Age: 2 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 |
| CUT HERSELF ON BROKEN GLASS, WHEN SHE PULLED A 3 FT. GLASS TOPPED CANDLE DOWN, AT HOME. DX FOREHEAD LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Tables |
| PT PULLED EXTINGUISHED CANDLE OFF NIGHTSTAND & SPILLED HOT WAX ONTO FAC E, BACK, SHOULDER AND FOREARM; BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PULLED A LIT CANDLE ONTO SELF SPILLING HOT WAX ONTO FACE >> BURN/CONJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT DROPPED GLASS CANDLE HOLDER, SHATTERED AND BOUNCED UP HITTING C HEEK; FACIAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| MOSQUITO REPELLENT CANDLE SPLASHED IN FACE;DX BURNS TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Counters or countertops |
| DX 1-2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE ON R NECK AND FACE: PT PULLED CANDLE OFF COUNTER ONTO FACE AND NECK. PER MOP, FACE WAS COVERED-WAX BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 3 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 |
| RT EYEBROW LACERATION.PT FELL INTO A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Tables |
| PATIENT RAN INTO METAL CANDLE HOLDER ON A TABLE; EYEBROW LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| HAIR CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM A BURNING CANDLE AND BURNED FACE. 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FACE NO FIRE DEPT # |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/01/2008 | Age: 2 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 |
| BROUGHT IN BY MOM FOR EVALUATION OF ACCIDENTAL BURN ONTO FOREHEAD BY A CANDLE >> BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 3 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, Blankets |
| BAKING COOKIES WITH GRANDMA, LEANED OVER CANDLE CAGHT HAIR ON FIRE,GRAN DMA THREW BLANKET ON HEAD; 2ND DG FOREHEAD BURN,1ST FOREARM, FD ATTENDE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT STUCK A PIECE OF CANDLE IN HER NOSE. DX-FOREIGN BODY NOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2008 | Age: 3 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 WAS AT HOME, GOT TO CLOSE TO A CANDLE, HAIR CAUGHT ON FIRE CAUSING BURNS TO RT FACE, FOREHEAD. NO FD INVOLVEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2008 | Age: 2 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 |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH TWIN SISTER WHEN SHE DROPPED A CANDLE HOLDER ONTO FACE NOW WITH LACERATION. DX FACIAL LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| GLASS CANDLE FELL ON FOREHEAD AND CHEEK AT HOME CONTUSION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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