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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,184
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2008 | Age: 18 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 |
| BURN TO FACE WHEN USING A CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| C/O EYE PAIN&TEARING S/P ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED EYE BALL WITH HOT CURLING IRON>> CRONEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2008 | Age: 18 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT RUBS HER EAR WHEN SHE GETS NERVOUS. WAS DOING THIS W/ A HAIR BEAD IN HER HAND. GOT BEAD STUCK IN HER R EAR. DX R EAR FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 21 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 BURNED LEG WITH CURLING IRON. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN, LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO L INDEX FINGER ON CURLING IRON DX; THERMAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED BOBBY PIN FB INGESTION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| CURLING HAIR W/ HOT CURLING IRON SUDDENLY PULLED BACK CONTACTING HER LEFT EYE. DX BURN TO LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION/INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 08/03/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED EYE WITH A CURLING IRON. D:CORNEAL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 07/13/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| PT BURNED L HAND WITH CURLING IRON DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FINGER BURN-GRABBED HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PLUGGED IN A CURLING IRON SAW A SPARK FELT SHOCK AT HAIR SCHOOL ACADEMY ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| 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: 05/28/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 LOWER LEG WITH CURLING IRON;DX BURNED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 17 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED BURN INJURY TO RT FOREARM WHILE USING CURLING IRON AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 22 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 |
| PT AT HOME ACCIDENTALLY GRABBED A HOT CURLING IRON WITH R HAND/ DX 1ST DEGREE BURNS R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACCIDENTALY WHILE CURLING HAIR,TOUCHED EYE WITH THE HOT SURFACE OF THE CURLING IRON>> CORNEAL ABR |
| 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: 05/04/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| BURNED HAND ON HAIR STRAIGHTENER/ THERMAL BURN RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| BURNED ARM WITH FLAT IRON 2ND DEGREE BURN FOREARM # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 17 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT STS USING CURLING IRON, BURNED R EYE DX CORNEAL BURN R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 19 YO DROPPED CURLING IRON ON CHESWT BURN CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT GRABBED CURING IRON WITH (L) HAND DX- 1ST DEGREE BURN TO PALM OF HA ND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED WRIST WITH CURLING IRON 2ND DEGREE BURN L WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS CURLING HAIR WITH CURLING IRON, SHE BURNED CORNEA, NOW HAS BLURRY VISOION TO RIGHT EYE. DX RIGHT CORNEA BURN W/ CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT C/O BURNED HAND ON CURLING IRON. DX 2 DEGREE BURN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT C/O BURN WITH HOT IRON. DX 3RD DEGREE BURN RT BUTTOCK. |
| 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 |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT CLEANING HIS EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN ANDC DEVELOPED AN OTITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2008 | Age: 17 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 USING A HAIR IRON AND BURNT FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CURLING IRON BURNED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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