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Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - Year 2009 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,257
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Date: 12/25/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
4YOF INJ.RT.FOREARM AT HOME WHEN LEANED ON A HOT CURLING IRON MOM HAD BEEN USING TO CURL PTS. HAIR. DX; 1ST.& 2ND.DEG.BURNS RT.VOLAR FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2009Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
FIRST DEGREE BURN TO R FOREARM, PT BURNED ARM WITH CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT HAS BURN TO LOWER ARM FROM A CURLING IRON, DX: THERMAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2009Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
11 MO FEMALE BURNED ARM WITH A CURLING IRON. DX 3RD DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
28 YR OLD BURNED ARM ON HAIR IRON AT HOME DX/ RIGHT FOREARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2009Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT SUSTAINED A BURN TO RT FOREARM WITH A CURLING IRON 2 DAYS AGO. DX-CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2009Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
C/O ARM LOCALIZED SWELLING WITH REDNESS AFTER HAD FLAT HAIR IRON FALL O NTO ARM 2D AGO>>BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT AT HOME USING A HAIR STRAIGHTNER IT FELL HITTING L LOWER ARM/ DX 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS LOWER L ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2009Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
FOREARM INJURY FROM CURLING IRON BURNING. DX-RIGHT FOREARM 2ND DEGREE SUPERFICIAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED LEFT LOWER ARM WITH A FLAT IRON, 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2009Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
AUNT LEFT HOT CURLING IRON IN CLOSET WITH CORD HANGING DOWN. CHILD PULL ED ON CORD & SUSTAINED FOREARM BURN. DX:BURN 1ST/2ND DEG. ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2009Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT BEING WATCHED BY 16 YO BABYSITTER, COUSIN USING FLATTENING IRON AND LEFT ON COUCH, PT CLIMBED ON COUCH ON HOT IRON; FOREARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2009Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FOREARM - WITH CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2009Age: 4 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT. BURNED ON HOT HAIR STRAGHTENING IRON 15 MIN AGO AT HOME DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED FOREARM ON CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED LOWER ARM WITH CURLING IRON;DX BURNED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED ARM ON A FLAT IRON AT DAYCARE. DX BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Floors or flooring materials
SISTER PLACED HOT CURLING IRON ON FLOOR X2 DAYS, PT TRIPPED ON IT AND B URNED FOREARM, NOW W/PAIN AND POPPED BLISTER; 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2009Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT DX THERMAL BURN RT ARM - BURNED RT ARM W/HOT IRON YESTERDAY AT HAIR DRESSER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2009Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PULLED A HAIR STRAIGHTENER DOWN FROM THE BATHROOM, IT FELL & LANDED ON R ARM DX: BURN TO RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2009Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BLACK FEMALE AT NEIGHBORS HOUSE TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON W L FOREARM & THEN TRIPPED-FELL BURNED LEG,DX MILD 2ND DEGREE BURN L ARM & L LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS BURNED ON RT ARM WITH A CURLING IRON, DX: BURN TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Pens and pencils
PT BROUGHT FROM RESIDENTIAL HOME, STATES TRYING TO WRITE TATTOO IN ARM WITH HAIR CLIP AND PEN INK. DX. ABRA L FA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2009Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
HEATED UP METAL HAIR PIN, ATTEMPTED TO BURN WORD "NEUROFIBROMATOSIS" &" ***" ON FOREARMS AS SELF TATTOOS,RED; INFECTION,3RD DG BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2009Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM USING STRAIGHTENING IRON ON SIBLINGS HAIR WHEN PT ACCID PULLED IT D OWN AND IT STRUCK HIM IN L FOREARM. HAS BURN. DX THERMAL BURN FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
A "FLAT IRON" DROPPED ON PTS ARM, BURN TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2009Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PULLED A HOT CURLING IRON ONTO ARM. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2009Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED LOWER ARM WITH CURLING IRON;DX BURNED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2009Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN TO L FA W/CURLING IRON DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2009Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
GRABBED CURLING IRON & R FOREARM BURNED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2009Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED ARM ON HAIR STRAIGHTENER. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2009Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM STATES WAS USING CURLING IRON ACCIDENTLY BURNT CHILDS ARM DX THERMAL BURN TO RT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2009Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Baby walkers or jumpers
PT WAS IN WALKER & PULLED HOT CURLING IRON DOWN ONTO WALKER BURNING LOW ER ARMS/HANDS DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS BOTH ARMS/LFT HAND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2009Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PULLED DOWN HOT FLAT IRON WHILE IN BATHROOM AT HOME, BURNED FOR EARM; FOREARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2009Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PULLED CURLING IRON DOWN ON ARM;DX BURNED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2009Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WITH 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT FOREARM AFTER PULLING FLAT IRON DOWN O NTO ARM. DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN FOREARM PULLED DOWN CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM STATES CHILD ACCIDENTLY TOUCHED CURLING IRON DX RT LOWER ARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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