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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 196
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/21/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 12YOF MOM USED FLAT IRON ON HAIR & HAD TREATED/STRAIGHTENED 7 DA, DISCO VERED BURN ON THE BACK OF HER NECK AND TEMPLE; CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2010 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN FROM CURLING IRON. 2ND DEGREE BURN, NECK. 15 MOF* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 10YOF, PULLING HAIR TIE OUT VS FLIPPING HAIR BACK&FELT A POP IN THE NEC K>>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 4 YOF MOM WAS STRAIGHTENING PATIENT'S HAIR AND WAS BURNED ON BACK OF NE CK BY STRAIGHTENING IRON. DX: BURN NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 64YOF PUTTING HAIR BRAIDS IN HER HAIR FOR A PONG TIME LAST NIGHT WITH A RMS ABOVE HEAD NOW NECK HURTS STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 23YOF BURNED LEFT SIDE OF NECK WITH CURLING IRON 1ST DEGREE BURN OF NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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