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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,171
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 55 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 |
| HIT SELF IN EYE WITH CURLING IRON. LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | 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 |
| POKED WITH HAIR BOW;DX CONTUSED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BROUGHT IN BY MOM FOR EVALUATION OF 3.5HOURS OF EYE REDNSS, NOT SURE IF PT SCRATCHED EYE WITH HAIR CLIP>>EYE REDNESS/ALLERGIC RXN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 5 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 SUS ABRASION TO EYE AFTER ACCIDENTLY POKING IT WITH HAIRBAND% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 18 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 |
| C/O EYE PAIN&TEARING S/P ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED EYE BALL WITH HOT CURLING IRON>> CRONEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 6 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 |
| SCRATCHED EYE WITH A BARETTE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 10 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 |
| RUNNING AND A HAIR BARRETT WENT INTO EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 50 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 |
| HIT HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH A HOT CURLING IRON. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| EYE ABRASION AFTER GOT HIT IN EYE BY HAIRCLIP WHILE PLAYING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 17 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 |
| CURLING HAIR W/ HOT CURLING IRON SUDDENLY PULLED BACK CONTACTING HER LEFT EYE. DX BURN TO LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION/INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 20 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 BURNED EYE WITH A CURLING IRON. D:CORNEAL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| POKED SELF IN EYE W/ A CURLING IRON IRITIS TRAUMATIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 31 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 SUS ABRASION TO EYEBALL WHILE USING A CURLING IRON% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 35 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 SCRATCHED IN EYE BY DAUGHTERS BARRETTE, CONTUSION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 29 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 CURLING HAIR WITH CURLING IRON WHEN BURNED EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 53 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 |
| PT BURNED EYEBALL WITH CURLING IRON CORNEAL THERMAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 32 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 |
| EYE BURNED-HIT EYE ON CURLING IRON-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 12 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 |
| HIT SELF IN EYE WITH CURLING IRON BURN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | Age: 61 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 EYE W/ HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 61 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CORNEA BURN: USING CURLING IRON, BLINKED, CAUGHT EYEBALL WITH CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 22 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 |
| ACCIDENTALY WHILE CURLING HAIR,TOUCHED EYE WITH THE HOT SURFACE OF THE CURLING IRON>> CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | 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 |
| CORN ABR. PT WAS USING A CURLING IRON AND DROPPED IT BURNING EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 17 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT STS USING CURLING IRON, BURNED R EYE DX CORNEAL BURN R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 13 YO FEMALE ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED EYE WITH HOT CURLING IRON LEFT CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 45 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 POKED SELF WITH A CURLING IRON AT HOME TODAY DX/ CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 37 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 HER EYE WITH A CURLING IRON. DX THERMAL BURN TO L CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 11 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 |
| PATIENT BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON. DX; THERMAL BURN TO CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 48 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 |
| ACCIDENTALLY BURN EYE&SURROUNDING SKIN WITH CURLING IRON >> CORNEAL ABRS/BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | Age: 46 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 |
| R CORNEAL ABRAS/46YOF PUT CURLING IRON IN R EYE TODAY AT AROUND NOON. C /O PAIN R EYE. DIFFICULT TO KEEP EYE OPEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 61 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 WAS CURLING HAIR WITH CURLING IRON AND DROPPED IRON INTO EYE DX: THERMAL INJ RT EYE - CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52 Y/O F INJURED R EYE WHILE USING CURLING IRON AT HOME. DX; R CORNEAL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 WAS CURLING HAIR WITH CURLING IRON, SHE BURNED CORNEA, NOW HAS BLURRY VISOION TO RIGHT EYE. DX RIGHT CORNEA BURN W/ CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 7 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/ BARETTE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2008 | Age: 12 months | 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 |
| CURLING IRON VS. EYEBALL DX: CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 17 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 |
| CURLING IRON BURNED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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