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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 217
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/10/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 20YOF SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURN TO THE EYE WITH A HAIR IRON@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2010 | Age: 23 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 |
| 23YOF HEAT BURN TO CORNEA DROPPED CURLING IRON ON EYE AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 22 YOM DX ULCER TO SCLERA - POKED INTO THE EYE W/A HAIR PIN X5 HRS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2010 | Age: 19 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: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DX CORNEAL INJ: 19YOF SCRATCH' R EYE W/ BOBBYPIN PUTT' ARTIFICIAL EYELASHES ON. FEELS EYE SCRATCH' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2010 | Age: 22 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 |
| USING CURLING IRON AND POKED SELF IN EYE 22 YO FEMALE CORNEAL ABRASION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 17 YOF WHEN CURLING BANGS, ACCIDENTALLY TAPPED HER CURLING IRON TO HERE YE THEN DROPPED IT. DX: EYE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2010 | Age: 16 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 |
| 16 YR OLD BLACK FEMALE DX LT CORNEAL ABRASION TODAY WHILE CURLING HAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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