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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 106
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/12/2009 | 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HIT IN THE RT EYE, YESTERDAY, WITH A HEADBAND- EYE RED DX; RT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2009 | Age: 4 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| RAN INTO HOT IRON THIS MORNING, AT HOME, MOM HEARD SIZZLING- NOW RT EYE APPEARS GREY. DX: CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 WAS PLAYING WITH A HAIR CLIP ACCIDENTLY SNAPPED CLIP CLOSED ONTO EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | 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 WAS WEARING A PLASTIC HEADBAND & TOOK IT OFF & IT BROKE AND HIT PT IN EYE DX: SMALL RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT ACCID HIT HERSELF IN THE R EYE W/ A HAIR BARRETTE. HAS BEEN RUBBING EYE SINCE. TEARING. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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