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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 46
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 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: 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 |
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