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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 207
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT PULLED ON A CURLING IRON, AT HOME, & IT FELL ONTO HIS CHEEK, & RT ARM. PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO RT UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2009 | Age: 28 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 |
| PT BURNED RT UPPER ARM WITH A FLAT IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2009 | Age: 33 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 |
| FELL ON CURLING IRON. DX BURNS TO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN R UPPER BICEPS: BURN TO R UPPER BICEPS WITH STRAIGHTENING IRON, IT WAS CLAMPED AROUND BICEPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2009 | Age: 6 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, Mirrors or mirror glass |
| PT WAS LOOKING INTO BATHROOM MIRROR AT HOME WHEN MOMS HOT CURLING IRON FELL ONTO HER L UPPER ARM. BLISTERING BURNS. DX THERM BURN L UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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