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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,804
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| LACERATION TOE - 22 YOM STEPPED ON GLASS CANDLE HOLDER LACERATING LEFT MIDDLE TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2006 | Age: 23 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 |
| 23 YOF HAD CANDLE AND HOLDER FALL, PT WAS STRUCK IN L CHEEK LAC TO L CHEEK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PT AWOKE TO FIRE IN BEDROOM FROM SMOLDERING CANDLE. FD NS. DX: SMOKE INHALATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| CANDLE IN BEDROOM CAUSED PT'S HOUSE TO CATCH FIRE. FD NS. DX: MILD SMOKE INHALATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT WAS IN HOME WHICH CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO A CANDLE IN BEDROOM. FD NS. DX: SMOKE INHALATION MILD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2006 | Age: 24 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, Containers |
| C/O CUT TO L FOREHEAD, HIT BY CANDLE, GETTING THE CANDLE OUT OF A BOX IN CLOSET, CANDLE FELL ONTO PT, DX; FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| HIT WITH CANDLEHOLDER YESTERDAY CONTUSION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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, Cosmetics |
| CAUGHT SELF ON FIRE WHILE REMOVING NAILPOLISH NEAR CANDLE, BURN TO FACE,HANDS,NO FD CALLED, DX 1ST,2ND DEGREE BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2006 | Age: 23 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 STATES CUTTING FINGER ON GLASS FROM CANDLE LEFT BEFORE EVALUATION |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/06/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| USING WAX WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AND SPILLED ONTO HAND BURNING IT, NO FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 WAS BURNED BY CANDLE WAX. DX: R HAND SUPERFICIAL BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| RT HAND LACERATION.PT LACERATED HAND ON A CANDLELABRA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | 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, Knives |
| PT TRYING TO TRIM WICK OF CANDLE WITH KNIFE, LAC LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT DROPPED CANDLE HOLDER ON TOE DX: FX RT GREAT TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2006 | Age: 21 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, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns |
| CANDLE HOLDER & VASE FELL ON TOE DX TOE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2006 | Age: 19 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 |
| CUT ON GLASS CANDLE HOLDER DX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT SNIFFED CANDLE AT GIFT SHOP AND LATER NOTICED ITCHING AND NAUSEA AL LERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT A BROKEN GLASS CANDLE HOLDER DROPPED ON PT ANKLE AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC RIGHT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Knives |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY CUT FOREARM WHEN CUTTING CANDLE WITH KNIFE. D: FOREARM LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/01/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT HIT LT ARM ON CANDLE HOLDER AT HOME DX: FX ULNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2006 | Age: 24 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: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| LAC L FOOT/24YOF STS STEPPED ON GLASS CANDLE HOLDER IN DARK BREAKING IT AND CUTTING FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 20 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 |
| L IND FING LAC/20YOF LAC FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS FROM A CANDLE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2006 | Age: 21 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, Knives |
| CUTTING AN OLD CANDLE AT HOME, KNIFE STUCK IN HAND. DX. LAC L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 BURNED THUMB WITH HOT WAX. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2006 | Age: 20 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 |
| CUT HAND ON BROKEN CANDLE GLASS HOLDER " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2006 | Age: 21 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 |
| WAX FROM CANDLE SPLASHED IN EYE WHILE LYING ON FLOOR AT HOME. *DX: SUBCONJUCTIVAL ABRASION OF THE EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2006 | Age: 25 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, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| WAX FROM CANDLE SPILLED ONTO ABDOMEN BURN ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | 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. REPORTS BURNS TO PALMER SURFACE OF R HAND FROM CANDLE AND LAC TO L THUMB. DX. LAC L THUMB, 1ST DEG BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2006 | Age: 22 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, Counters or countertops |
| PT TRIED TO GRAB A CANDLESTICK HOLDER THAT WAS FALLING OFF OF COUNTER B EFORE IT HIT THE FLOOR, LAC RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2006 | Age: 23 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 |
| FOREHEAD LAC-HIT A CANDLEHOLDER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2006 | Age: 18 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 |
| LACERATED THUMB ON A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2006 | Age: 18 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 |
| PT SUST BURN TO HAND FROM HOT WAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | Age: 22 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 |
| LACERATED THUMB ON A GLASS CANDLE HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT WAS LIGHTING A CANDLE WHEN SOMETHING POPPED IN HER EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2006 | Age: 17 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 |
| PATIENT WAS REACHING FOR A CANDLESTICK WHEN IT CAUGHT HER HAND. DX-LACERATION HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| DX LEFT HAND LACERATION: GLASS CANDLE HOLDER SHATTERED IN HAND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2006 | Age: 24 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 |
| GLASS CANDLE JAR BROKE LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| R CORNEAL ABRASION; CLEANING & FLET PIECE OF GLASS FROM CANDLE HIT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT GOT CANDLE WAX IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 4TH TOE BURNED-@ HOME-BURNED ON HOT CANDLE WAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2006 | Age: 22 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: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A CANDLE HOLDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| HIT HEAD ON A METAL CANDLE SCONCE DX; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2006 | Age: 23 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 GLASS CANDLE HOLDER DX WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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