Accidents - Hair clippers and trimmers - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 507
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2000:	70
Year 2001:	154
Year 2002:	60
Year 2003:	6
Year 2004:	69
Year 2005:	15
Year 2007:	6
Year 2008:	14
Year 2009:	109

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	103
6-15 years old:	88
26-50 years old:	300
50+ years old:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/01/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
2 YO MALE GETTING HAIR CUT BY DAD - DAD UNPLUGGING CLIPPERS (NOT ON) AN D HIT PTS EYE. DX CORNEAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/20/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
LAST NIGHT WHILE GETTING SHAVED, CLIPPERS FELL OUT OF CUTTER'S HAND AND HIT PT IN R EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
TRIEDAND IRRITATION TO EYE TO CLIP INGROWN EYELASH REDNESS ABRASION LEFT CORNEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT SUSTAINED WHEN ACCIDENTALLY INJURED ABRASION TO THE CORNEAL WITH HAIR CLIP. ?
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
MOM CUTTING PATIENT'S HAIR AT HOME, TURNED HEAD AND END OF SCISSORS SCR ATCHED PT'S EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION
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: 11/01/2004	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
ABRASION CORNEA - PATIENT PRESENTS W/RIGHT EYE INJURY - MOTHER SAYS CH ILD PULLED A HAIR CLIPPER OFF THE BATHROOM SHELF INTO RIGHT EYE-TRANS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/21/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT RUBBING EYE SINCE MOM CUT HIS HAIR YESTERDAY; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CORNEAL ABRASION (L) EYEBALL, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A HAIR CLIP AT HOME, C/O REDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2001	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2001	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2000	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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