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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,564
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2009 | Age: 16 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 |
| 16 YR OLD BLACK FEMALE DX ACUTE OTITIS EXTERNA/ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS S/P HX OF USING HAIR PIN TO CLEAN EARWAX X4 DAYS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 12/12/2009 | Age: 18 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 |
| SAT ON HER FLAT IRON. DX. 2ND DEGREE BURN BUTTOCKS.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| BURNED ON CURLING IRON. DX-BURN L HAND # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT STEPPED ON HAIRCLIP AT HOME CAUSING INJ TO FOOT DX:PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2009 | Age: 20 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 WAS AT HOME, WAS USING A CURLING IRON WHEN THE CORD SHORTED OUT IN HAND CAUSING A 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2009 | 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 |
| FIRST DEGREE BURN TO R FOREARM, PT BURNED ARM WITH CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BELTED DRIVER, REAR-ENDED BY A MV, NO ABD, HEAD TILTED FORWARD THEN STR UCK HAIRCLP ON THE HEAD GAINST HEADREST NOW C/O>>NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 24 YOF BURNED WRIST ON FLAT IRON FOR HAIR , AT HOME. DX-2ND DEGREE BURN WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| L IND FING BURN/16YOF BURNED FINGER ON A CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2009 | Age: 23 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 |
| REPORTS GIRLFRIEND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN HIS EAR WITH BOBBY PIN LAST PM, T ODAY WOKE UP WITH>>OTALGIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED WITH STEAM FROM STEAM CURLERS. DX-BURN 2 3 4 FINGERS # |
| 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: 10/19/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| BURNS TO BILAT THIGHS W/CURLING IRON DX: THIGH BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2009 | Age: 16 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 |
| PT BURNED LT HAND ON CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 AT HOME CAUSING BURN TO UPPER LEG DX: BURN TO THIGH BELOW BUTTOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2009 | Age: 23 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 |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED PIN THAT SHE WAS PUTTING IN HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 20 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 |
| PT DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FOREARM - WITH CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2009 | Age: 18 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 |
| PT BURNED SELF ON LOWER LEG WITH A CURLING IRON AND THEN HAD SYNCOPAL E VENT. DX:BURN, SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SUSTAINED INJURY TO RT HAND WITH A HAIR CLIP. DX - LACERATION ON METAL HAIR CLIP, RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2009 | Age: 22 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 |
| PT GRABBED A HOT CURLING IRON AND BURNED LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2009 | 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 |
| SWALLOWED A BOBBY PIN. DX FB INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2009 | Age: 22 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 |
| 22 YOF, BURNT FINGERS ON CURLING IRON, BURN FINGERS |
| 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: 08/05/2009 | 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 |
| SWALLOWED A BOBBY PIN. DX FB INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT DX THERMAL BURN RT ARM - BURNED RT ARM W/HOT IRON YESTERDAY AT HAIR DRESSER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2009 | Age: 20 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 |
| 20YOF WAS RIDING IN CAR FIXING HAIR HAD A BOBBY PIN IN MOUTH STARTED TO LAUGH BOBBY PIN WENT TO BACK OF MOUTH,COUGHED;POSSIBLE SWALLOWED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2009 | 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 |
| BURNED LEFT BUTTOCKS ON CURLING IRON 1ST DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2009 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| STUCK BOBBY PIN INTO EAR FOR ITCHINESS, NOW WITH PAIN&YELLOWISH D/C >>PERFORATED TEMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| BURN TO L BUTTOCK, SAT ON CURLING IRON DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2009 | Age: 20 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 |
| HAD HAIRPIN IN MOUTH AND ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED IT. DX: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION, CONFIRMED BY X-RAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HEATED UP METAL HAIR PIN, ATTEMPTED TO BURN WORD "NEUROFIBROMATOSIS" &" ***" ON FOREARMS AS SELF TATTOOS,RED; INFECTION,3RD DG BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PERFORATED TM-CHILD PUT A BOBBY PIN IN HER EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| A "FLAT IRON" DROPPED ON PTS ARM, BURN TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 18YO HISP FEMALE FELL WHEN PUTTING BOBBY PIN IN HAIR - PIN RETAINED IN SCALP , BEHIND EAR, DX FOREIGN BODY - REMOVAL - CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2009 | Age: 17 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 |
| DX LWOBS: BURN; DROP'D CURL'G IRON ON LAP TODAY, 6IN SUPERFICIAL LINE BURN W RUPTURED BLISTER |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/14/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| BURN TO L FA W/CURLING IRON DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| 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 |
| Date: 04/23/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SWALLOWED BOBBY PIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2009 | 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 |
| DX 2ND DEG BURNS: PT W IRON'G HAIR, W THE CURL'G IRON FELL, BURN'G HEAR ARM AND R UPPER LEG . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN HAND ON CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT STUCK BOBBY PIN IN EAR TO CLEAN EAR. DX EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2009 | Age: 25 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 |
| 25 YOF BURNED LEFT HAND ON A CURLING IRON AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN R UPPER BICEPS: BURN TO R UPPER BICEPS WITH STRAIGHTENING IRON, IT WAS CLAMPED AROUND BICEPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWALLOWED A BOBBY PIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2009 | 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 |
| BURN FACE AND HAND ON A HOT CURLING IRON BURN FOREHEAD FIRST DEGEE BURN RIGHT HAND FIRST DEGREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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