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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 118
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2010 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 19 MOM FELL ON A PLASTIC HAIR STRAIGHTENER, AT HOME, & HURT EYE DX; HYPHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 3 YO FEMALE FELL ONTO FACE AND A BARRETTE WENT INTO EYE. DX EYE EMERGE NCY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/09/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 2 YOM WAS PLAYING W/HAIR CLIP AND SCRATCHED EYE. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2010 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 2OMOF TURNED HEAD INTO CURLING IRON DX: CORNEAL BURN, FACIAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 5 YO FEMALE POKED IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC BARRETTE IN SCHOOL. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 3YOM POKED IN EYE W/PLASTIC HEADBAND OR PLASTIC HAIR CLIP, NOW W/EYE PA IN AND REDNESS; CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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