Matches, Not Specified

55 YOM ACCIDENTALLY LIT A ROLL OF GAUZE THAT WAS WRAPPING HIS LEFT FOOT ON FIRE WITH A DROPPED MATCH FROM A CIGARETTE APPROXIMATELY 3 DAYS AGO. +FD. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN LEFT LOWER LEG, ABRASION LEFT LESSER TOES. PT LEFT AMA.

46YOM HAS HX OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, BIPOLAR, COMES TO ER W FATHER HE TELLS THE DR A COUPLE DAYS AGO HE LIT A MATCH AND THINKS RESIDUE GOT INTO EYE. EYE CHECKED BY DR LOOKED AT HIS EYE UNDER SLIT LAMP AND BLUE LIGHT EYE IS OK, DAD IA WORRIED HIS SON IS NOT TAKING HIS MEDS RIGHT. . DX PSYCHOSIS.

10YOM WAS LIGHTING A MATCH AND THE SPARK FROM THE MATCH WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION

16YOF WAS RUNNING BAREFOOT AND STEPPED ON A MATCH STICK RETAINING IT IN HER FOOT DX: FOREIGN BODY FOOT *

14 YOM C/O BURN TO LOWER LEG AND HAND AND FOREARM S/P WAS OUTSIDE AND LIT A PILE OF LEAVES ON FIRE WITH A MATCH AFTER POURING GASOLINE AND PATIENT WAS BURNED BY THE FLAMES. IT IS NOT STATED IF FIRE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED. DX: BURN OF LOWER LEG; HAND AND FOREARM

57 YOM LIT A MATCH TO LIGHT CIGARETTE WHICH IGNITED AEROSOLIZED BUTANE TRAPPED IN TRAILER AND HIS TRAILER EXPLODED. THERE WAS A FATALITY OF BOTH HIS FEMALE COMPANION AND HIS DOG RELATED TO THIS. FD NSDX: FACIAL BURN SECOND DEGREE

15YOM - PT ARRIVES PER POV WITH C/O FACIAL BURNS. HE REPORTS WHILE STARTING A FIRE, HE THREW A MATCH IN WHICH PRODUCED A FIREBALL IN HIS FACE. HE HAS SINGED HAIR. DX: BURN OF FACE, SECOND DEGREE

9YOM BROTHER WAS PLAYING WITH A BURNED OUT MATCH AND HIT PT IN HIS EYE. DX FACE BURN

82 YOF C/O BURN TO FACE AND BURN TO EAR S/P WAS WEARING HER OXYGEN EQUIPMENT AT HOME AND SHE LIT A MATCH AND FLAMES BURNED HER FACE AND EAR. IT IS NOT STATED IF FIRE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED. DX: FULL THICKNESS BURN OF FACE; BURN OF EAR

50YOM WITH FACIAL AND NASAL BURNS AFTER CATCHING NASAL CANNULA WITH OXYGEN ON FIRE WHEN LIGHTING A MATCH UNKNOWN IF FD AT THE SCENE DX: < 1%TBSA TO FACE, INHALATION INJURY

81 YOF REPORTS LAST NIGHT, LIGHTING A CIGARETTE WITH A MATCH, LOST CONTROL OF THE MATCH AND IT LANDED ON HER HEAD SETTING HER HEAD ON FIRE. + MULTIPLE BURNS TO SCALP VARYING FROM SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL TO DEEP PARTIAL. TRANSFERRED TO BURN CENTER. DX: BURNS FIRE DEPT UNK

75 YOM THINKS HE HE LIT A MATCH ONTO HIS LEFT MEDIAL THIGH AND SUSTAINED BURNS, BUT DOES NOT RECALL EXACTLY HOW OR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. NO FDDX: BURN

GOODCO! Kitchen Matches, "safety matches", are not safe. When striking matches on side of box often part of the tip of the match stays on the, striker strip. Also the tip sends several sparks out. I have a carpeted bathroom and poured water on four spots the first time that happened, three spots the second time, to be sure nothing would smoulder. Now I strike the matches over the basin. But, when I blow out the match the same thing happens -- sparks fly. So I blow them out over the basin. I am on my second box of matches and the above happens about every third match. These matches are unsafe and I do not think they should be sold until the manufacturer solves this problem!

Swan Creek Candle gives you matches when you buy their candles the tops of the matches fly off when lit one landed on my carpet and burnt a hole in it. 1) Approximately, how large was the hole that was burned in your carpet? I sent a photo about 1” across 2) How did you put the flame out or did it die out by itself? I put it out by stepping on it 3) How long would you estimate that the flame lasted (5 seconds, 10 seconds or more)? 5 seconds 4) Were these paper matches or the wooden stick like matches? Wooden must be dry the heads fly off this isn’t the first time usually use them in the room with tile floor this time it caught the kitchen carpet on fire. 5) Was this the very first match that you used or had you used some of the matches previously, without any incident? First match one of yours 6) Lastly, were there any warnings or precautions on the product’s packaging? No I sent the box and the match back to you. Did you receive it?

I believe Penley Kitchen Matches are unsafe because: 1. The matches break while striking (or trying to strike) 2. The matches frequently do not light when striking the appropriate place on the box These are clearly substandard in relation to other kitchen matches I have used in the past and to the ones I have now purchased for future use.