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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,001
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/20/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 16 YOF BURNED HAND WITH CURLING IRON 2ND DEGREE BURN R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 21 YO FEMALE'S DAUGHTER STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN LEFT EAR PERFORATED EAR DRUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SUST BURN TO EYELID FROM CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| RESTRAINED DRIVER IN MVA, ATTEMPTING TO CROSS TRAFFIC ON 4-LANE HIGHWAY STRUCK ON DRIVER'S SIDE, WEARING HAIR CLIP AT TIME. DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FIRST DEGREE BURN TO RT NECK, USING CONAIR CURLING IRON, CHILD PULLED ON IT DOWN ONTO PATIENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SUSTAINED A BURN OF HER THUMB FROM A STRAIGHTENING IRON AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT DROPPED CURLING IRON ONE WEEK AGO & BURNED THIGH . NOW WITH CONTINUE D PAIN AND REDNESS. ALSO ARM PAIN. D: CELLULITIS, ARM PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2003 | Age: 25 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 |
| DX:R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION. TOUCHED EYEBALL WITH CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT.REPORTED BURN TO FACE SUSTAI FROM CURLING IRON DROPPED ON FACE BELOW EYE/CHEEK. DX-2% BURN LT.CHEEK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED LEG WITH CURLING IRON DX BURN TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT HAD HOT ROLLERS FALL ONTO LEG AND BURN IT. DX UPPER LEG BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT C/O BURN TO LEFT 2ND & 3RD FINGERS WITH CURLING IRON. HAS BLISTERS. DX: BURN TO FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN FOREARM - 21 YOF PRESENTS WITH BURN TO RIGHT FOREARM FROM CURLING IRON ON FRIDAY, WOUND APPEARS TO HAVE WHITE CRUSTED OVER DRAINAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| LACERATION EAR - PATIENT REPORTS LEFT EAR PAIN AFTER TRYING TO REMOVE F LY IN EAR WITH HAIRPIN - EAR LACERATION DUE TO REMOVAL EFFORTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 18 YOF SEEN FOR RT ANKLE BURN FROM CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED THIGH WITH CURLING IRON 2 DAYS AGO. D: BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| LEFT NECK PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN. PT BURNED HIS NECK WHEN USING A CURLI NG IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 21 YO FEMALE BURNED RIGHT FOREARM WITH CURLING IRON FIRST DEGREE BURN RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| TOUCHED SELF WITH CURLING IRON DX. FOREARM BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 21 Y.O. B FEMALE W/BURN TO LIP. PT BURNED SELF W/CURLING IRON @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2003 | Age: 19 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 DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION - SINCE A HOT CURLER WENT INTO HER RT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT RESTRAINED DRIVER IN CAR ACCIDENT IN ED WITH CHILDREN, TOP OF H EAD PAIN DUE TO BROKEN HAIR CLIP IN CAR, NECK PAIN; NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/21/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT GRABBED CURLING IRON BURNING HAND; PALM BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SAT ON HOT CURLING IRON AND BURNED THIGHS. D: 2ND DEGREE BURNS, THIG HS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT INJURED USING CURLING IRON ON HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT PUT BOBBY PIN IN EAR TO POKE WAX, EAR PAIN; OTITIS EXTERNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FLANK 1ST DEGREE BURN-DROPPED A HOT CURLING IRON-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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