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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 153
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/12/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 24 YOF BURNED WRIST ON FLAT IRON FOR HAIR , AT HOME. DX-2ND DEGREE BURN WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS BURNED ON CURLING IRON. DX: L WRIST PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ELECTRICAL BURN TO L WRIST, PLUGGING IN HAIR STRAIGHTENER, CORD BLEW UP DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SISTER WAS USING CURLING IRON TOUCHED IT BURN TO WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| KEPT " ***" TIED AROUND HER WRIST ALL NIGHT, WOKE UP WITH HANDSWOLLEN, & RED. DX; LBFE |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/17/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACC BURN LT WRIST ONTO COUSIN'S CURLING IRON >>BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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