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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 950
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	639
6-15 years old:	34
16-25 years old:	30
26-50 years old:	174
50+ years old:	71

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 17 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 THUMB ON CURLING IRON X2 WKS, NOW W/INCREASED PAIN, DARK REDD ISH BROWN DISCOLORATION AND BLISTER; BLISTERING DACTYLITIS OF THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	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
PT BURNED FINGER ON FLAT IRON AT HOME X2 DAYS, NOW W/SWELLING AND TENDE RNESS TO FINGER; PARONYCHIA OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2008	Age: 18 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
CHILD GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON FOR A FEW SECONDS. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN, F INGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2008	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	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
FINGER BURN-TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2008	Age: 50 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
PT ACCIDENTALLY GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON FROM WRONG END & BURNED LT FINGERS, 2 - 5 C/O SEVERE PAIN. DX - 2ND DEG BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2008	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
PT TOUCHED A FLAT IRON. DX: R THUMB BURN SECOND DEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2008	Age: 15 years	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
BURNED FINGER ON CURLING IRON. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 18 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
FINGER BURN-BURNED ON HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CURLING IRON BURNED FINGERS WHEN SHE TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON DX: THERM AL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 15 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 HOT "FLAT IRON"(FOR HAIR), BURNED FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
DX BURN L HAND MIDDLE FINGER SECOND DEGREE: PT TOUCHED HOT CURL'G IRON AT HOME TODAY & SUFFERED A BURN TO H L MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PT STUCK A HAIR PIN IN AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET AND SUSTAINED A SUPERFICIAL BURN TO R 1ST, 2ND DIGITS. DX ELECTRICAL BURN FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 20 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
L THUMB BURNED ON CURLING IRON DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 20 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
BURN TO L INDEX FINGER ON CURLING IRON DX; THERMAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 12 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. DX BURN - FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		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 MOM'S HAIR CLIP-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 4 years	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 BURNED LEFT 1ST DIGIT WHEN HE TOUCHED A HOT CURLING IRON. D: 2ND D EGREE BURN TO LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	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 FINGERS ON HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENING IRON THAT WAS ON HIGH SETTI NG. LPTMS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 12 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, Televisions
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED METAL PART OF FLAT IRON WHEN PICKING IT UP WHILE WATCHING TV; 1ST DG BURNS OF 3RD/5TH FINGERS, 2ND DG OF 4TH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 12 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
DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TIPS OF L INDEX AND LONG FINGERS/1ST DEGREE BURN TIPS OF R INDEX AND LONG F: GRABBED MOM'S HAIR STRAIGHTEN'G TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
FINGER INJURY-CAUGHT FINGER IN A HAIR SCRUNCHIE-TWISTED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PUNCTURED FINGER WITH A BOBBY PIN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 21 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
FINGER BURN-GRABBED HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 41 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 FINGERS WHEN SHE REACHED FOR CURLING IRON. NO FIRE. N O FIRE DEPARTMENT. BURN, RIGHT FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 11 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
BURNED FINGER ON CURLING IRON; BURNED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 13 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
BURN TO R 3RD FINGER ON HAIR FLAT IRON DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
ABRASED THUMB WITH HAIRPIN AT PERSONEL CARE HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 4 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 THUMB ON HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENER BURN TO THUMB #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 19 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
19 MOM GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON SUSTAINING A 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT MI DDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	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
BURNED FINGERS WITH CURLING IRON;DX THERMAL BURN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 11 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
PT BURNED FINGER ON STRAIGHTENING CURL IRON AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 7 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
ACCIDENTALLY GRABBED A HOT CURLING IRON BURNING A FINGER >>BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	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
PT TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON DX: BURN LT 1ST - 3RD FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2008	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
AT AUNTS HOUSE - GRABBED A HOT CURLING IRON. DX 1ST DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 16 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
THUMB BURN-BURNED ON AUNT'S STRAIGHTENING IRON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2008	Age: 16 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
PT BURN TO LEFT INDEX FINGER FROM CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	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
PT STUCK A METAL BARRETTE INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLET- WOUNDS TO RT INDEX FINGER & THUMB. DX: ELECTRICAL BURNS TO RT INDEX FINGER & THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2008	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	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
PUT FINGER TIPS ON HAIR STRAIGHTENER. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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