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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 552
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| RAN INTO INSENCE CANDLE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2006 | Age: 58 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, Ceilings and walls |
| FOREIGN BODY EYE - 58 YOF WAS CLEANING A VOTIVE CANDLE ON A WALL WHEN T HE GLASS SHATTERED GETTING INTO RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2006 | Age: 60 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Matches |
| LIGHTING A CANDLE WITH A MATCH AND STRUCK BY HOT MATCH WHEN STRIKING IT FIRE DEPARTMENT ATTENDANCE IS NOT RECORDED BURN CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 GOT HOT WAX IN HER EYE, MOM WAS LIGHTING A CANDLE & HOT WAX GOT FLICKED INTO PT'S EYE. DX; CONJUNCTIVITIS, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 26 YOM BLEW OUT A CANDLE AND HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE WITH LEFT EYE, EYE IS RED AND IRRITATED, DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| 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: 07/02/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT C/O WAX IN EYE. DX CHEMICAL THERMAL INJURY. DX FIRST DEGREE BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2006 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 HOT CANDLE WAX IN EYE 2 HOURS AGO. D: FOREIGN BODY - REMOVED L EFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2006 | Age: 11 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, Thermal |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT AT HOME LIGHTING A CANDLE IT BLEW WAX N EYE DX R EYE BURN 2ND TO WAX IN EYE |
| 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: 04/09/2006 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENTS MOTHER STATES HIT IN EYE WITH GLASS CANDLE HOLDER. DX; NO IN JURY |
| 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 |
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