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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 147
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/04/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS AT HOME, KNELT ON A BROKEN HAIR CLIP CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Chairs |
| 1% 2ND DEGREE BURN R POSTERIOR POPLITEAL AREA:SITTING DOWN & FORGETTING SHE HAD HOT CURLING IRON ON CHAIR, BURN BACK OF RT LEG POPLITEAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2009 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| MOM WAS STRAIGHTENING BOYFRIEND'S HAIR AT HOME, PT JUMPED INTO LAP ON S TRAIGHTENING IRON; 2ND/3RD DEGREE KNEE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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