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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 905
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CORN ABR. PT BURNED EYE WITH USING A CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT INJURED EYE WITH A CURLING IRON AT HOME TODAY DX//. RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CONTUSED EYE, HIT WITH CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT GOT CURLING IRON TOO CLOSE TO EYE AT HOME. DX: ULCERATION FROM THERMAL BURN TO RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED RIGHT EYE ON CURLING IRON THIS AM,ACCIDENTALLY POKED R EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT POKED HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH A CURLING IRON DX// RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION AND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED RT EYE WITH A CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SCLERAL AB-HIT EYE W/ CURLING IRON-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY POKED EYE WITH CURLING IRON DX: ABRASION OF THE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT HIT WITH HAIR CLIP; EYE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO EYE WITH CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2006 | Age: 3 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PLAYING WITH SISTERS BARRETTES AND SCRATCHED EYE. DX EYEBALL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PLAYING W/HAIR CURLER, STATES SCRATCHED EYE-RED, TEARING D-CORNEAL ABRA SION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CURLING BANGS, CURLING IRON TOUCHED SCLERA D-CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| L CORNEAL BURN/31YOF USING CURLING IRON AT HOME AND CAUGHT EYE WITH IT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CONTUSED EYE WITH CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 16YFC TOUCHED EYE WITH HOT CURLING IRON/BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURN RIGHT EYE INSIDE WITH CURLING IRON DX: CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HIT IN EYE WITH HAIR BEAD DX: R EYE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2006 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACCIDENTALLY STUCK PLASTIC PIN FROM HAIR CURLER INTO EYE. CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION, LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACC HIT EYE C CURLING IRON " CORNEAL ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CURLING IRON BURNED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CORN BURN . PT BURNED EYE WITH A CURLING IRON WHEN DROPPING IT WHILE CU LING HAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CONTUSED EYE WITH HAIR BARRETTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACC BURNT EYE ON A CURLING IRON THIS AM " CONJ INJECTION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CORNEAL ABRASION L EYEBALL, PT SUST INJURY W/A HOT CURLING IRON AT HOME , C/O PAIN, TEARING, BLURRED VISION, SWELLING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SUSTAINED BURN INJURY TO RT EYE WITH CURLING IRON - DX CORNEAL TRAUMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2006 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT HIT IN EYE BY METAL PART OF HAIR SCRUNCHIE AT HOME, EYE PAIN; C ORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HIT SELF IN EYE WITH CURLING IRON/CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT C/O HOT CURLING IRON FELL IN HER EYE WHILE CURLING HER HAIR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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