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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 111
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| FELT SPASM WHILE BLOW DRYING HAIR. DX- MUSCLE STRAIN SCAPULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PT WITH RECENT RIGHT SHOULDER SURGERY WAS BLOW DRYING HER HAIR AND HOLD ING DRYER UP WITH RIGHT ARM STRAINED SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN. PT WAS USING A HAIR DRYER AND INJURED SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PATIENT WAS BLOW DRYING HER HAIR AND RAISED HER ARM UP AND HEART A POP. DX-LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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