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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 420
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 06/29/2010 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| 17MOM ; PULLED THE HAIR DRYER BY THE CORD AND THE DRYER FELL AND HIT PT ON THE HEAD. D: CONTUSION / ABRASION OF FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair dryers, Counters or countertops |
| 14 MOM WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH HAIRDRYER THAT FELL OFF COUNTER FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2007 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| MOM STATES PT'S HAIR WAS BLOW DRYED WITH HAIR DRYER LAST NIGHT, PT'S FACE IS BURNED. DX; THERMAL FACIAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2005 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair dryers, Counters or countertops |
| PULLED HAIR DRYER OFF OF COUNTER FELL ON FOREHEAD DX: FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2003 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| CONTUSED FACE WHEN HAIR DRYER FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2002 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PATIENT FELL FORWARD IN BATHROOM AT HOME HITTING HEAD ON CORD OF HAIR D RYER; FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2001 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2000 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers, Beds |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2000 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/1998 | 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: Hair dryers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/1997 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair dryers, Sinks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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