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Accidents - Hair dryers - Year 2003 - Face

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 206
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:6
6-15 years old:139
16-25 years old:61

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/11/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair dryers
LAC (R) CHEEK, PT SUST INJURY WITH A HAIR DRYER WHILE FIXING THE HANDLE AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, EYES EOMI, ENT NML, NO DENTAL INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair dryers
PT SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A DRYER IN THE BATHROOM DX: LAC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2003Age: 21 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair dryers
CONTUSED FACE WHEN HAIR DRYER FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair dryers
BUMPED HEAD AGAINST A HAND HAIR DRYER AT SCHOOL FACIAL LACERATION 1 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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