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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 419
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/05/2005 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Counters or countertops |
| PULLED CURLING IRON OFF COUNTER, BURNED UPPER ARM/ BURN LT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT C/O BURN TO LEFT UPPER ARM WITH A CURLING IRON DX: SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN - LEFT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CHILD PULLED HOT CURLING IRON DOWN ONTO ARM THIS MORNING. D:SECOND DEGR EE BURN, UPPER AND LOWER ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT IN BEDROOM AT HOME PLAYING WITH 2 YO COUSIN, MOM THINKS COUSIN TURNED ON CURLING IRON, PT BURNED UPPER ARM ON IRON; 2ND DG BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Counters or countertops |
| PULLED CURLING IRON OFF COUNTER BURN LEFT UPPER AND LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN R ARM; CHILD STATES 15 MIN AGO SISTER WAS CHASING HER AND ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED CURLING IRON ON R ARM 2 HRS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN ARM FROM CURLING IRON 2ND DEGREE BURN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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