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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,257
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 11/18/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 11/15/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 11/01/2009 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 10/29/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 10/25/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 10/06/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 10/04/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 09/26/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 09/19/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 09/12/2009 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 09/07/2009 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 09/02/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 09/01/2009 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 08/19/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 08/19/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 08/10/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 08/09/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 08/01/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 07/17/2009 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 06/28/2009 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 06/25/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 06/24/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 06/13/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 05/30/2009 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 05/28/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 05/18/2009 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 05/16/2009 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 05/14/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 05/10/2009 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 05/03/2009 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 04/14/2009 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 04/09/2009 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 04/01/2009 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 03/13/2009 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 02/14/2009 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 02/06/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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: 01/30/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: 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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