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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 242
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 43 YOF SUSTANED BURN TO LEFT UPPER ARM FROM HOT CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 60 YO F CELLULITIS FROM BURN ON UPPER ARM FROM CURLING IRON PT WAS ADMITTED* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/13/2008 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| G-MA WAS USING CURLING IRON IN BATHROOM, WENT INTO ANOTHER ROOM PT GRABBED CORD TO CURLING IRON, PT BURNED TO ARM. DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX UPPER EXT PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN: PT WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR AND CURLING IRON FELL ONTO HER LUE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 2ND DEGREE BURN LT UPPER ARM FROM CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN W/ A FLAT IRON WHILE DOING HAIR BURN SECOND DEGREE RIGHT UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| AT COUSINS HOUSE FELL INTO CURLING IRON, BURN 2ND DEG UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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