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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 315
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT STEPPED ON STRAIGHTENING IRON AND BURNED FOOT. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/31/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT STEPPED ON A HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENER AND BURNED FOOT DX// LEFT FOOT BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| STEPPED ON A HOT CURLING IRON. FOOT BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT AT HOME STEPPED ON A HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENER / DX R FOOT 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT STEPPED ON A HAIRPIN AT HOME WITH HIS L FOOT. HAIR PIN IS STUCK IN THE L FOOT. DX L FOOT FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DROPPED CURLING IRON ONTO LEFT FOOT CAUSING THERMAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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