Accidents - Hair clippers and trimmers - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 782
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	96
6-15 years old:	65
16-25 years old:	218
26-50 years old:	242
50+ years old:	158

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	231	Face:	197
Neck:	127	Ear:	82
Mouth:	76	Head:	31
Lower Arm:	21	Eyeball:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
LAC L THUMB, PT SUST INJURY W/A HAIR CUTTER AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, TENDERNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT LAC RT INDEX FINGER ON EYEBROW TRIMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CUT NOSE WITH CLIPPERS NASAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CUT FINGER WITH HAIR CLIPPERS. DX. 0.25 CM R INDEX FINGER ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
GETTING HAIR CUT,GOT CLIPPED BEHIND EAR " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
ABRASION TO NOSE WHEN USING NOSE HAIR TRIMMERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT LAC NOSE WHILE CUTTING NOSE HAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
GETTING HAIRCUT CLIPPERS GAVE A BURNING SENSATION W/ PAIN IN THE NECK CERVICAL STRAIN W/ RADICULOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
TRIPPED&FELL CUTTING F.ARM ON EYEBROW CUTTER. " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2005	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
BUT SMALL 3 ELASTIC HAIR BANDS INTO B/L NARES. " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
21 YO INJURED FINGER ON HAIR CLIPPERS LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT WAS CUT W/GOAT HAIR TRIMMER. DX: L INDEX LAC 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT REMOVED/TRIMMED NASAL HAIR 2 WKS AGO, NOW C SWOLLEN&PAINFUL NOSE SUS AINED " CELLULTIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT PUT HAND IN MEDICINE CABINET AT HOME, CUT THUMB ON CLIPPERS; TH UMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT DEVELOPED ITCHY RASH BEHIND EAR AFTER HAIR CUT A WEEK AGO SUSTAINED " DERMATITIS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DX SCALP ABRASION: CUTTING HAIR AND CLIPPED TOO CLOSE WITH CLIPPERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
51 YOM LACERATES EAR WHILE USING HAIR CLIPPERS TO CUT HAIR OFF EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT LAC ARM WITH EYEBROW TRIMMER. DX: LAC FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
81YOM-LACERATION UPPER LIP-CUT WHILE SHAVING WITH CLIPPERS THIS MORNING -USED STEPTIC PENCIL TO CONTROL BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
SUBCONJUMCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE-HIT EYE W/ EYEBROW CLIPPERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
LAC NECK AREA, MOTHER STS PT SUST CUT WITH A HAIR CLIPPER BY 3YRS OLD COUSIN IN THE SALON, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, BLEEDING, EYES EOMI, ENT NML
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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