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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 55
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SCRATCHED EYES W/HAIR CLIP. DX: BILAT EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HIT SELF IN EYE WITH HAIR CLIP/SUBJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH HAIR TIE, & ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIM IN THE EYE, EYE BECAME ERYTHEMOUS. DX: EYE LACERATION WITH HYPHEMA- TO O.R. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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