Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - Year 2005 - Ear

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,231
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	503
6-15 years old:	211
16-25 years old:	46
26-50 years old:	288
50+ years old:	181

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
DX EAR CANAL ABRASION: STUCK HAIR PIN INTO EAR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS POKED IN LEFT EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN DX: LEFT EAR CANAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PUT A BOBBY PIN IN EAR AND LAC IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
12 YO - DX: L OTITIS EXTERNA - INJURED USING HAIRPIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
66 YO FEMALE WAS DIGGING IN EAR WITH BOBBY PIN F/B RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
4 YO FEMALE PUT HAIRPIN IN EAR TM TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
WHILE USING HAIR PIN TO CLEAN EAR, SON BUMPED PT, CAUSING PT TO PUSH PI N INTO EAR, TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2005	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK BOBBY PIN IN EAR, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2005	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
FB R EAR, MOTHER STS PT INSERTED A BOBBY PIN INTO HER EAR, C/O BLEEDING , PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2005	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT POKED R EAR W/ A BOBBY PIN DX: PERFORATED R TEMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
DX SMALL ABRASION RIGHT EAR: USING BOBBY PIN TO CLEAN EAR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
LEFT EAR PAIN-C/O EAR PAIN AFTER SCRATCHING IT WITH A HAIRPIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O EAR BLEEDING AFTER SCRATCHING EAR W/ BOBBY PIN DX: FB R EAR, EXCORIATION R EXTERNAL EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CUT EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN. DX. MINOR ABRASION R EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
OTITIS EXTERNA-CLEANING EAR OUT W/A BOBBY PIN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT LAYED DOWN, GOT HAIR BEAD STUCK IN EAR; FB REMOVED, INFLAMATION IN EAR CANAL AFTER REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
39 YEAR OLD MALE CLEANED LEFT EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN LEFT OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT POKED IN EAR BY HAIR PIN BY CHILD AT HOME LT EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
INJURED EAR WITH BOBBY PIN DX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2005	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
LAST NIGHT PT STUCK BOBBY PIN INSIDE EAR & LATER MOM NOTICED HIS EAR BLEEDING. DX: ABRASION EARDRUM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2005	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
POKED BOBBY PIN IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT CLEANING WAX OUT OF EARS WITH BOBBY PIN. NOW WITH INCREASED EAR PAIN . D: OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Floors or flooring materials
PT FOUND HAIR PIN ON FLOOR (1.5", METAL) THIS AM APPROX 9:30 & LODGED IN R EAR. DX: FOREIGN BODY EAR, ABRASION EAR. I
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
ABRASION TO EAR WHEN STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK BOBBY PIN INTO THE EAR. " DRUM PERFORATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EAR FB-HAIR BEAD IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BUG FLEW INTO PT'S EAR HEARD IT BUZZING AROUND EAR ; MOM TRIED TO REMOVE WITH BOBBY PIN. DX F.B IN EAR/ ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STUCK BOBBY PIN I R EAR YEST- MOM NOTED DRIED BLOOD IN EAR DX EAR FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2005	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
RIGHT EAR ABR. PT STUFFED A BARRETT INTO EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EAR BURN-BURN ON A STRAIGHTENING IRON-@ SALON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
TRAUMA R EAR, VIA EMS, MOTHER STS PT INSERTED A BOBBY PIN IN HER EAR EAR AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PLAYING WITH SISTER YESTERDAY & BARRETTE WAS LODGED IN L EAR. MOM REMOVED & SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD. DX: FOREIGN BODY EAR.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/05/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT "CO MY EAR HURTS ME" - PT STATES SHE USED A BOBBY PIN TO CLEAN EAR AND MAY HAVE PUSHED IT ON TOO FAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2005	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EAR PUNCTURE, PUT HAIR CURLER PIN IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EAR PAIN USING BOBBY PIN TO CLEAN EAR-ACUTE RT OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2005	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EAR PUNCTURE, PUT HAIR PIN IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WITH BARRETTE IN RT EAR CANAL, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O PAIN TO LT EAR DUE CLEANING IT WITH HAIRPIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
FB R EAR, MOTHER STS PT GOT A HAIR PIN IN HER EAR, INSERTED BY SISTER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, ERYTHEMA, NO DIZZINES, HX OF ASTHMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT HAS HAIR BEAD STUCK IN EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED L EAR ON CURLING IRON THIS AM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2005	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PUT A HAIR PIN IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CLEANING OUT EAR W/ BOBBY PIN & CHILD HIT HAND. AB LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EAR FB-PUT A BEAD FROM HAIR INTO EAR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK BOBBY PIN IN EAR WHICH BEGAN BLEEDING. DX: EAR INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
HAIR BEAD IN L EAR X 1 WEEK. DX: FOREIGN BODY EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2005	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT INSERTED BOBBY PIN INTO EAR 2 DAYS PTA, MOM NOTICED BLOOD TO EAR CAN AL YESTERDAY; ACUTE OTALGIA, POSS TRAUMA (MOM REFUSED FL TREATMENT)
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/24/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK BOBBY PIN IN EAR. C/O EAR PAIN DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
46 YO FEMALE SCRATCHED EAR WITH HAIRPIN AND IT STUCK IN EAR AT HOME F/B LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EAR PUNCTURE, WITH A BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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