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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 254
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FELL ON HAIR STRAIGHTENER IRON;DX BURNED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2009 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 6 MO OLD FEMALE PULLED CURLING ION ONTO HER LOWER LEG. DX-RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 15 Y/O F DROPPED HOT HAIR IRON ON LEG. DX 2 DEGREE BURN TO LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED SELF ON LOWER LEG WITH A CURLING IRON AND THEN HAD SYNCOPAL E VENT. DX:BURN, SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2009 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT WAS HOME UNWITNESSED ACCIDENT PULL HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENING IRON OFF THE BUREAU BY CORD BURN TO LEG. DX 2 PARTAIL THCK/ BURN LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2009 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS BURNED BY CURLING IRON DX: L LOWER LEG 1/2 DEG BURN 5% TBSA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2009 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DX: 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE THERMAL BURN TO R LEG FROM HAIR FLATENING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED LEG ON CURLING IRON. DX BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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