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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 325
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/15/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELL OFF SCALP AND BARRETTE EMBEDDED INTO SCALP. DX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN SCALP AREA, PT USING A CURLING IRON AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, REDNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 3YO F SCALP LACERATION MOM THINKS BARETT MAY HAVE CUT SCALP* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT HAS BEADS IN HAIR, FELL BACKWARD, CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HIT HEAD, PLASTIC BARRETTE WENT INTO SCALP, LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Beds or bedframes |
| FELL OFF BED ONTO BARRETTE. DX PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FELLBARETTE PIECED SCALP/PW SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Bunk beds |
| FELL OFF BUNK BED AND CUT HEAD ON HAIR PIN. DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2006 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| RUNNING AND FELL - BARRETTE IN HAIR INJURED SCALP. DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2006 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CUT HEAD WHEN FELL ON HAIR BARRETTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| MOM NOTICED LUMP WHERE PONY TAIL HOLDER IS PLACED DX LYMPH NOIDE ENLAR GEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2006 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT'S 2 YEAR OLD BROTHER POKED A BOBBY PIN IN PATIENT'S SCALP AT HOME. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FELL WITH MANY HAIR PINS/SCALP ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT @ HOME TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON METAL HAIR CLIP NO LOC OR VOMITING. DX HEAD LACERATION DUE TO METAL CLIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2006 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT HAS BEEN SCRATCHING HEAD DUE TO IRRITATION. NOW WITH LACERATION 2 1/2 -3 CM NOT ABLE TO SUTURE;DX LAC FROM BOBBY PINS IN HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ABRASION TO HEAD WHEN USING A BOBBI PIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| INJ BACK OF HEAD, PONY TAIL, USING A HAIRPIN. " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 19 YO FEMALE USED NEW CURLERS AND HAS BUMPS ON SCALP SKIN INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2006 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Beds or bedframes |
| PATIENT FELL OFF BED AT HOME, HIT HEAD WITH HAIR BEAD CUTTING SCALP; SC ALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN HAIR PIN STUCK IN HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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