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Accidents - Wigs, falls or hairpieces - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 146
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Upper Trunk:80Head:46
All Of Body:15Eyeball:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/12/2007Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces, Cosmetics
PT WAS WEARING A WIG THAT WAS ATTACHED WITH GLUE AND HAS A RASH AT HAIRLINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
1ST DEGREE BURN UPPER BACK-HAVING BRAIDS DONE AT FRIENDS HOUSE-HAIR HIT BACK BURNED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PT WITH ALLERGIC REACTION TO HAIR EXTENSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2007Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
CUT EYE WITH PLASTIC HAIR PIECE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2007Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
20 YO FEMALE HAD SYNTHETIC HAIR REMOVED FOLICULITIS SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2007Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
39 YO FEMALE HAS ALLERGIC REACTION TO WIG LATEX ALLERGY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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