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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 183
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	81
16-25 years old:	71
26-50 years old:	30

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/27/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS AT HOME, GRABBED MOMS CURTING IRON CAUSING A BURN TO ABD WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT DROPPED CURLING IRON ON HIP THAT OLDER SISTER HAD LEFT OUT; 2ND DEGREE HIP BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT ACCIDENTALLY SAT ON A HOT CURLING IRON. DX; BURN TO BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O BURN WITH HOT IRON. DX 3RD DEGREE BURN RT BUTTOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SAT ON CURLING IRON 1 WK AGO. DX: BURNS BUTTOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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