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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,184
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2007 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED FINGERTIPS ON CURLING IRON, NOW W/BURNS AND BLISTERS TO PADS ON FINGERS; BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2007 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT GRABBED FLAT IRON AT HAIR SALON. DX: 2ND DEG BURNS R 3/4/5 FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2007 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GRABBED MOTHER CURLING IRON HAS BURN TO (L) THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| STUCK BOBBY PIN INTO LIGHT SOCKET, PT WITH ELECTRICAL BURNS FINGERS AND PALM/HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| STUCK BOBBY PIN IN ELECTRIC OUTLET, HAND/FINGERS BLACK, ELECTRICAL BURN FINGERS-CURRENT NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO CROSS-GRABBED PIN W/BOTH HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT DX 1ST DEGREE ELECTRICAL BURN OF FINGERS - DUE TO ELCETRICAL SHOCK, PT STUCK BOBBY PIN IN SOCKET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2007 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FINGERS BURNED ON CURLING IRON, ONE SCABBED-HEALING WELL, OTHER FINGER LOOSE SKIN-DRYING UP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 7 YOF TOUCHED HER MOTHER'S HAIR FLAT IRON, AT HOME, & BURNED HER RT THUMB & INDEX FINGER. DX: BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2007 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GRABBED MOMS HOT CURLERS 3 WKS AGO-DIDN'T SEEK TX @ THAT TIME, YEST BLI STERS BROKE-BURN CRACKING/DRAINING, D-CELLULITIS FINGER D2 BURN <10%BSA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2007 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO FINGER FROM A CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT PUT A BOBBY PIN IN AN ELECTRICAL SOCKET. DX ELECTRICAL BURN TO FING ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2007 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| TOUCHED HOT HAIR IRON WITH FINGERS/HAND, BLISTER/BURN FINGERS 2ND DEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT BURNED THUMB ON CURLING IRON, BLISTERED, REDNESS, SWELLING; THU MB BURN,HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2007 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 5 MOF BURNED FINGERS ON HAIR STRAIGHTNER BURN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 39 YOF BURNED FINGERS ON HAIR STRAIGHTNER BURN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GRABBED CURLING IRON DX: BURN 2ND,3RD, 4TH FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2007 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED FINGERS ON CURLING IRON AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON/ PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS RT 1ST, 2ND, 3RD FING ERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2007 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON AND BURNED THUMB. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO T HUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2007 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED FINGER ON CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DX 1ST DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT THUMB: INJURED ON IRON HAIR STRAIGHTENER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2007 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GRABBED A CURLING IRON/FINGER BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT HAS BURN FROM CURLING IRON. DX BURN FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON BLISTER DEVELOPED, 2ND DEG BURN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2007 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GRABBED CURLING IRON, BURN FINGERS/PALM-HAND 2ND DEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2007 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 12 MONTH OLD FEMALE WAS IN BATHROOM W/MOM AND GRABBED CURILING IRON CORD THEN TOUCHED METAL WITH THUMB. DX LEFT THUMB 2ND DEGREE BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED FINGER 2ND DEGREE ON CURLING IRON AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PATIETN STRUCK A HAIR PIN IN ELECTRICAL SOCKET AT HOME, CAUSED INTENSE HEATING OF HAIR PIN; ELECTRICAL BURN TO 1ST/2ND/3RD FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GOT AHOLD OF A HAIR STRAIGHTENER THAT WAS HOT WHILE AT DAYCARE SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO FINGERS OF LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2007 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON/FINGER BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FINGERS BURNED-TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED FINGERS ON CURLING IRON. D:BURN, FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SUSTAINED BURN TO FINGER ON CURLING IRON. BURN, RIGHT THUMB. NO FIRE; N O FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PUT HAIR PIN IN ELECTRICAL SOCKET, FINGER BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2007 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT GRABBED HOT HAIR STRAITENER AND BURNED HAND. D: 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT TOOK RUBBERBANDS FROM HAIR AND WRAPPED AROUND FINGER SOMETIME I N NIGHT, FINGER WAS BLUE, MOM REMOVED, STILL PAIN, RED; ERYTHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED LT INDEX FINGER ON A CURLING IRON, 2 DAYS AGO, WORSE NOW. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF LT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2007 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED THUMB ON HOT CURLERS. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FINGER LAC-CUT ON HAIR PIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2007 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 9 MTH OLD M BURN TO FINGER BURNED ON HAIR STRAIGHTENER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED DISTAL TIP OF THUMB TOUCHING HOT CURLING IRON P ARTIAL THICKNE SS BURN LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2007 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| LEFT HAND BURN,. PT GRABBED HER MOTHERS HOT CURLING IRON BURNING HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2007 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT GRABBED MOM'S HOT CURLING IRON AT HOME; 2ND DEGREE THUMB/1ST FI NGER BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CONTUSED FINGER WHEN CAUGHT IN HAIR CLIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2007 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FINGERS BURNED-PT TOUCHED A HOT STRAIGHT IRON-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2007 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT PICKED UP A HOT CURLING IRON, DROPPED IT & THEN STEPPED ON IT DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS BILATERAL THUMBS, FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED FINGERS ON CURLING IRON. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2007 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 22MO OLD GRABBED CURLING IRON INJURED FINGER BURN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT PICKED UP A HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENER AND BURNED FINGERTIP. D:1ST DEGREE FINGER BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PATIENT STUCK HAIRPIN IN LIGHT SOCKET AT HOME BURNING FINGERS. DX-1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS RIGHT DIGITS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2007 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT GRABBED MOM'S CURLING IRON, WITH RT HAND- BLISTERS ON THUMB & INDEX FINGERS. DX: PARETIAL THICKNESS BURNS OF RT DIGITS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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