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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 91
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 54 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 dryers |
| PT STATES WAS DRYING HER HAIR, FELT LIKE SOMETHING GOT INTO RT EYE,C/O REDNESS/IRRITATION/DRAINAGE.DX:R EYE CORNEAL ABR; ACUTE RT EYE PN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PAIN TO RT EYE. PT THINKS IT IS FB. RT EYEBALL PAIN AFTER USING HAIRDRY ER. DX; CORNEAL ABR RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2002 | Age: 24 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 dryers |
| PIECE OF HAIRDRYER FLEW IN EYE - CORNEAL ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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