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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,196
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2007 | Age: 52 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 EYE - 52 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH RIGHT EYE INJURY WHEN SHE TOUCHED HER CURLING IRON TO THE SURFACE OF HER EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2007 | Age: 43 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 BURNED L EYE W/CURLING IRON WHILE CURLING HAIR WHEN IRON SLIPPED & HIT L EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | 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 SCRATCHED EYES W/HAIR CLIP. DX: BILAT EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2007 | Age: 24 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 |
| LT CORNEAL BURN: AT HOME CURLING HAIR, BURNT LT EYE WITH CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 32 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 BUMPED HOT CURLING IRON ONTO EYE >> THERMAL CONRNEAL ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| ACC POKED SLEF INTO EYE C BOBBY PIN >>CORNEAL ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 27 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 R EYE WITH CURLING IRON,C/O RED EYE,VISION BLURRY DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACCIDENTALLY POKED SELF IN RIGHT EYE WITH METAL HAIR CLIP DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2007 | Age: 16 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 |
| PT USING HOT CURLING IRON POKED EYE DX// CORNEAL BURN LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2007 | Age: 48 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 |
| ABRASION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY A CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON DX// BURN RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2007 | Age: 53 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 |
| PT HIT EYE WITH CURLING IRON AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HIT SELF IN EYE WITH HAIR CLIP/SUBJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2007 | Age: 40 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 |
| R CORNEAL ABRASION; CURLING HAIR & CURLING IRON FELL ONTO EYE; STATES C AN SEE BUT IT'S BLURRY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2007 | Age: 43 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 |
| CORNEAL BURN-HIT HOT CURLING IRON ON EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | 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 DX LT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - C/O HAIR CLIP WENT INTO EYE YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 22 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 |
| BURN L CORNEA; CURLING HAIR @ HOME & DROPPED CURLING IRON INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2007 | Age: 18 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 |
| PT DROPPED HOT CURLING IRON ON EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH HAIR TIE, & ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIM IN THE EYE, EYE BECAME ERYTHEMOUS. DX: EYE LACERATION WITH HYPHEMA- TO O.R. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT HAS A BURN TO EYE FROM A CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT CURLING HER HAIR WITH CURLING IRON WHEN HOT PART HIT HER CORNEA , WENT TO SCHOOL WITH EYE TEARING, IRRITATION; BURNS ON PUPIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2007 | 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DX LEFT CORNEAL BURN: INJURED SELF WITH CURLING IRON AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2007 | Age: 33 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 |
| PT C/O BURNED EYE. PT BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON. DX COREAL ABRASION LFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2007 | Age: 11 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 SCRATCHED LEFT EYE WITH A HAIR CLIP TODAY. D; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| HAIR CLIP VS. EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2007 | Age: 13 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 |
| TOUCHED EYE WITH HOT STRAIGHTENING IRON DX THERMAL INJURY R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON RT CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2007 | Age: 26 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 |
| CORNEAL ABRASION R EYEBALL, PT USING A HOT CURLING IRON AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| SUPERFICIAL LEFT CORNEA BURN-ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK SELF IN EYE WITH HOT C URLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2007 | Age: 67 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 |
| STRUCK EYE WITH CURLING IRON CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 47 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 |
| BURNED LEFT EYE WITH A CURLING IRON WHEN SHE DROPPED IT., BURN, LEFT EY E. NO FIRE; NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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