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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 138
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 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: 08/01/2009 | 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: 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: 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: 05/14/2009 | 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 |
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