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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 182
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| ACC STRUCK EYE WITH CURLING IRON, NOW WITH EYE PAIN&TEARING >>CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Age: 24 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 |
| 24YO HISP FEMALE BURNED R EYE WITH CURLING IRON DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2009 | Age: 22 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 |
| POKED SELF IN EYE WITH *** PIN LAST NIGHTCONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| BURNED ON EYE WITH A FLATTENING IRON. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT EYE WITH HOT CURLING IRON. ACUTE R CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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