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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 829
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| FB LEFT EYE. A PARTICLE BLEW FROM A CANDLE INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| THERMAL BURN TO RIGHT EYE AND NECK . PT WAS SPLASHED BY HOT WAX FROM A CANDLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2003 | Age: 2 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 |
| FB R EYE;EYE INJ/2YOM KNOCKED OVER CANDLE AT HOME AND GOT HOT WAX IN R EYE. RAN COLD WATER IN EYE. REMOVED WAX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| POKED IN EYE WITH A CANDLE. DX. L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT GOT CANDLE WAX IN EYE BLOWING THE CANDLE OUT. DX FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 23 YOF BLEW OUT CANDLE WAX BURNED EYE BURN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CORNEAL ABRASION WHEN GOT HOT WAX IN EYES. FLUSHED WITH WATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 BLOWING OUT CANDLE, WAX SPLASHED IN EYE; TB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Matchbooks |
| 15 YOF LIGHTING A CANDLE WITH A MATCH AND PC OF MATCH FLEW INTO EYE BURNING EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2003 | Age: 42 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 SUS FOREIGN BODY TO EYE BY CANDLE WAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 4 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 |
| PT WAS SHAKING A CITRINELLA CANDLE AND HOT WAX FLEW IN HER RT EYE, WITH DRAINAGE, C/O PAIN/BURNING ; RT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT. HAD ALLERGIC REACTION IN EYES TO CITRONELLA CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 26 YOM GOT CANDLE WAX IN EYE CONJUNCTIVITS L EYE CHEMICAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2003 | Age: 46 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 |
| 46 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FB TO EYES. PT GOT CANDLE WAX IN EYES @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2003 | Age: 12 months | 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 |
| PT GOT CANDLE WAX IN EYE; FB REMOVAL EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| ATTEMPTING TO BLOW OUT OF A CANDLE -FLAME ENLARGED RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| RT SCALERA BURN.PT HAD WAX FROM CANDLE DRIP INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2003 | Age: 2 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, Scald |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| 2 YO M PULLED HOT CANDLE OVER ON TO EYE BURN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT BLEW OUT CANDLE AT CHURCH AND GOT HOT WAX IN EYE. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2003 | Age: 11 months | 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 |
| A GLASS CANDLE BROKE, GLASS IN LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | 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, Rugs or carpets |
| SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHILE REMOVING CANDLE WAX FROM CARPET DX. FB EY E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PATIENT BLEW OUT CANDLE AT HOME, SOOT/SMOKE WENT INTO EYE; CORNEAL ABRA SION, FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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