Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - Year 2007 - Neck

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 103
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	81
6-15 years old:	6
16-25 years old:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Televisions
PATIENT DOING HAIR 2 DAYS AGO, SLIPPED USING CURLING IRON BURNING SIDE OF NECK WHILE WATCHING TV; BURN TO NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2007	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
11 MO OLD FEMALE BURNED RT HAND, & NECK WITH CURLING IRON; THE CORD WAS DANGLING DOWN, & IRON FELL ON PT. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TO NEC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED NECK WITH CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2007	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
GRABBED A HOT CURLER FROM BATHROOM AND HELD IT TO NECK "LIKE A PHONE". DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
10 M0 F- SWALLOWED PLASTIC HAIR CLIP@ HOME-FB REMOVED SP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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