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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 129
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 2 YOM BURMNED L KNEE W/CURLING IRON DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2009 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| MOM WAS STRAIGHTENING BOYFRIEND'S HAIR AT HOME, PT JUMPED INTO LAP ON S TRAIGHTENING IRON; 2ND/3RD DEGREE KNEE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/17/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT WAS BURNED ON THE LEFT KNEE WITH A FLAT IRON, WITH BLISTERING TO THE KNEE. DX-BURN TO LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO L LEG AFTER KNEE TOUCHED CURLING IRON DX BURN 2ND DEGREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED KNEE ON CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2001 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/1999 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Counters or countertops |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/1997 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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