Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - Year 2008 - Ear

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,038
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	677
6-15 years old:	72
16-25 years old:	21
26-50 years old:	192
50+ years old:	74

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2008	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
POKED BOBBY PIN IN EAR;DX PUNCTURED EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT'S YOUNGER SISTER STUCK A HAIR CLIP IN PATIENT'S EAR. DX. TRAUMA EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PUT METAL HAIRPIN INSIDE EAR. ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS CLEANING LEFT EAR WITH A HAIR PIN AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO E AR CANAL
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT RUBS HER EAR WHEN SHE GETS NERVOUS. WAS DOING THIS W/ A HAIR BEAD IN HER HAND. GOT BEAD STUCK IN HER R EAR. DX R EAR FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
TIP OF A BARRETTE IN EAR. DX FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN LEFT EAR AND DEVELOPED BLEEDING ABRASION EAR C ANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
WAS GETTING WAX OUT OF RIGHT EAR, USING A BOBBY PIN NOW HAS EAR PAIN. DX RIGHT EAR CANAL TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED EAR WITH CURLING IRON;DX BURNED EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PIECE OF BOBBY PIN PUT IN EAR;DX FOREIGN BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PTS AUNT WAS CLEANING HER R EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN WHEN PT BEGAN COMPLAIN ING OF R EAR PAIN. NO DRAINAGE. DX R TYMPANIC MEMBRANE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, First aid equipment
PT LEANING RIGHT EAR WITH A *** AND A BOBBY PIN NOW EAR HURTS PERFORATE D EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SCRATCHED LEFT EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
C/O EAR PAIN STATUS POST FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING STUCK IN EAR&HAS A *** PIN IN EAR THAT USED TO TRY TO GET WHATEVER STUCK IN>>FB REMO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM STATES SIBLING PUT A HAIR PIN IN CHILDS EAR DX F.O.B IN RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
4 YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO EAR CANAL WHEN SISTER STUCK A BOBBY PIN INSIDE PT'S EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
20 MONTH OLD MALE POKED RIGHT EAR WITH BOBBYPIN LACERATION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PUT HAIR CLIP IN EAR DX: REMOVED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS @ HOME STUCK A BARRETE IN HIS EAR NOW W/ EAR PAIN. DX TRAUMA TO EXTERNAL EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK A HAIR PIN IN HIS R EAR. UNWITNESSED. HAS BLEEDING FROM EAR CA NAL AND PAIN. HAPPENED YESTERDAY. DX R TM PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PTS GRANDMOTHER TRIPPED OVER THE CORD OF A HAIR STRAIGHTENER AND IT FEL L ON PTS L EAR. HAS BURNS TO EAR. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN L EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
12 YOF C/O EARACHE AFTER CLEANING WITH A HAIRPIN DX: OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT HAD A BOBBY PIN IN EAR EARLIER TODAY ; NOW EAR IS DRAINING. D: PER FORATED TM / EAR INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
L EAR PAIN AFTER BEING POKED IN EAR W/BOBBY PIN DX; L EAR CANAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
OTITIS MEDIA-SCRATCHED EAR W/A HAIRPIN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
HAS A HAIR CLIP STUCK IN HIS EAR, EAR BLEEDING DX: BLUNT EAR TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2008	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STUCK HAIRPIN IN EAR;DX PUNCTURED EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK BOBBY PIN IN EAR, BOBBY PIN REMOVED & EAR CONTINUES TO BLEED, ABRASION TO EAR CANAL; PERFORATED EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O TENDERNESS AFTER PUSHING A HAIR CLIP INTO EAR,NOW WITH BLOOD FROM EAR AND DECREASE HEARING.DX LT PERFORATED TM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK A HAIRPIN IN HIS R EAR AND HIS EAR BEGAN BLEEDING. PT HAS PAIN IN R EAR. DX R TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK HAIRPINS IN HIS EAR TO CLEAR OUT EARWAX. IS NOW HAVING BLEEDIN G FROM BOTH EARS. DX FB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM FOUND PATIENT WITH BOBBY PIN IN EAR CRYING WITH BLOOD FROM EAR, BLE EDING STOPPED AFTER TAKING BOBBY PIN OUT; EAR TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN EAR. D: PERFORATED TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
19 MTH OLD M TRAUMA TO AUDITORY CANAL CHILD HAD BOBBY PIN IN HIS EAR*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CLASSMATE STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN EAR. DX PERFORATED EARDRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
43 YO FEMALE CLEANED EAR WTIH BOBBY PIN EAR DRUM PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PUNCTURED EAR DRUM WITH A BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT CLEANING OUT HER EARS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WITH A BOBBY PIN PAIN IN EAR SINCE THEN OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PUNCTURE WOUND R EAR,PROBABLE RUPTURE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE:BABY ACCID. PUT BOBBY PIN INTO R EAR, BLOOD DRAINAGE, FLUID EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT TRIMMING TREES 2 DAYS AGO & FELT FOREIGN BODY ENTER EAR. TRIED TO RE MOVE IT W/ A BOBBY PIN. EAR ABRASION NOTED IN EXAM BUT NO FB. D:OTALGIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SMALL METAL HAIR PIN IN EAR CANAL REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PUT A HAIR CLIP IN EAR AND NOW IT'S BLEEDING. DX. OTITIS EXTERNA.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT CLEANING HIS EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN ANDC DEVELOPED AN OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A BOOBY PIN RUNNING FELL WITH PIN IN EAR NOW HAS BLEEDING. DX RIGHT EAR INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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