Accidents - Hair dryers - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,222
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	106
6-15 years old:	12
16-25 years old:	178
26-50 years old:	594
50+ years old:	331

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	164	Head:	161
Lower Arm:	138	Neck:	137
Shoulder:	101	Internal:	75
Wrist:	69	Upper Leg:	69
Toe:	62	Lower Trunk:	61
Foot:	52	Upper Trunk:	46
Finger:	30	Face:	16
Eyeball:	15	All Of Body:	15
Elbow:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair dryers
56YOF ACCIDENTALLY HIT SELF IN HEAD WITH HAIR DRYER CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair dryers
PT WITH CONJUNCTIVITIS FROM USING HAIR DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
34YO WHITE FEMALE STS BENT OVER TO BLOW DRY HAIR,FLIPPED UP PULLED MUSCLE IN L SIDE OF NECK , DX NECK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
PT HIT WRIST ON HAIR DRYER AND INJ IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
PT FELL ASLEEP IN FRONT OF A HAIR DRYER WHICH BURNED BACK. DX: BURNS PARTIAL THICKNESS BACK.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/12/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
66 YOM WITH SHOULDER STRAIN AFTER USING A HAIR DRYER TO DRY HIS HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair dryers, Floors or flooring materials
73YOF WAS BLOWING HAIR WITH HEAD DOWN AND PASSED OUT STRUCK HEAD ON THE FLOOR CONTUSION SCALP ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/25/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair dryers
PATIENT FELL OVER HAIR DRYER WHILE CLEANING ROOM; ELBOW ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Hair dryers
19 YO FEMALE HAIRDRYER BLEW UP AT HOME, NOW NUMB TINGLING HAND. DX ELECTRICAL BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
LBP BENDING TO BLOW DRY HAIR DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
BURNED ABD WALL, WENT TO SLEEP WITH HAIRDRYER ON WAITING FOR IT TO HEAT UP AT HOME. DX-BURN TO ABDOMINAL WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
30 YOF INJURED NECK BY FLIPPING HEAD BACK WHILE DRYING HAIR. DX-CERVICAL MUSCLE SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2009	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
C/O WORSENING NECK PAIN AFTER ACC HYPEREXTENDING IT WHILE BLOW DRYING H AIR A WK AGO>>MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
41 YOF HAD HAIR DONE THIS MORNING AND STATES WAS UNDER THE DRYER TOO LO NG AND NOW HAS BLISTERS TO BACK OF NECK, DX: BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hair dryers
34YOF AT HOME DROPPED A HAIR DRYER ON LT GREAT TOE,ALOT OF PRESSURE UNDER NAIL;TOE HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair dryers
PT WAS DRIVING A SMALL TRACTOR WHICH ROLLED INTO DITCH. DX: HYPOTHERMIA, BILAT RENAL LACS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/09/2009	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair dryers
POSS. SWALLOWED PLASTIC KNOB FROM HAIR DRYER DX: POSS. FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
FOO TPAIN-DROPPED A HAIR DRYER ON FOOT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
LBP BLOW DRYING HAIR DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
PT HAIR DRYER CAUGHT ON FIRE AND INJURED HAND DX// THERMAL BURN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair dryers
GOT STRUCK ONTO FACE WITH A HAIR DRYER THAT THROWN BY SISTER >>CHI/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair dryers
PT CUT FINGER ON BLOWDRYER AT HOME DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 72 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 dryers
PATIENT BURNED FOREARM ON HAIR DRYER. DX; 1ST DEGREE BURNS WITH CELLU LITIS TO RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 20 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
LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN.PT WAS USING A BLOW DRYER ON HAIR AND FELT A POP I N SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
31YFC BURNED UPPER THIGH WITH HAIR DRYER/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair dryers, Floors or flooring materials
FOOT LAC-HIT W/A HAIRDRYER THROWN ON THE FLOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT BENT OVER USING A HAIR DRYER AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Hair dryers
PT WITH ELECTRICAL BURNS TO RIGHT LOWER ARM AFTER BEING SHOCKED BY BLOW DRYER. DX ELECTRICAL SHOCK RIGHT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
H/O SZ, LAST EPISODE 6YRS AGO, TODAY FELT SHAKY WHIEL BLOW DRYING HIS H AIR>>PARTIAL SZ/ ETOH W/D
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair dryers
17 YOM DROPPED HAIR DRYER ONTO LEFT FOOT SUSTAINING A CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
35 YOF WAS SITTING IN HAIR SALON, STRUCK ON HEAD BY HAIR DRYER THAT FEL L, PT JERKED SUSTAINING RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
25 YOF BENDING AND TWISTING WHILE BLOW DRYING HAIR SUSTAINED THORACIC S TRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair dryers, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT TRIPPED OVER HAIRDRYER AND HIT HEAD ON DESK. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
C/O RIGHT HAND PAIN AFTER HAIRDRYER GOT CAUGHT ON FIRE BURNING HAND >>BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
32 YOF BLOW DRYING HAIR AND TURNED NECK AND FELT A POP, C/O PAIN, DX: T ORTICOLLIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2009	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
PT WITH BURNS TO FINGERS FROM TOUCHING A HOT DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
PRESENTS WITH HAND BLISTERING AFTER SUSTAINED A BURN ON HAIR DRYER >>BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair dryers
STEPPED ON METAL PIECE OF A HAIR DRYER. DX FOOT PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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