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Accidents - Hair clippers and trimmers - Year 2002 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 158
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:11
26-50 years old:78
50+ years old:68

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/08/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT GOT SUNBURN ON SCALP 2 WEEKS AGO, 4-5 DAYS LATER HAD RASH WITH DRAINAGE, GREW WORSE AFTER HAIRCUT; KERION, TINEA CAPITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT. HAS ABRASION AT LT TEMPLE AREA CAUSED WHILE HE WAS GETTING A HAIRCUT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
HEAD LAC. STRUCK IN HEAD WITH ELECTRIC HAIR CLIPPERS.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT SHAVED HEAD WITH CLIPPERS, SCALP RASH; TINEA CAPITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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