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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,737
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	124
Year 1999:	36
Year 2000:	87
Year 2001:	72
Year 2002:	158
Year 2003:	78
Year 2004:	15
Year 2005:	31
Year 2006:	148
Year 2007:	242
Year 2008:	230
Year 2009:	193
Year 2010:	320

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	205
6-15 years old:	358
16-25 years old:	212
26-50 years old:	764
50+ years old:	195

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/29/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
5YOM WITH RASH ON HEAD AFTER MOM TOOK HIM TO GET HAIRCUT; FOLLICULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
19 Y/O M CUT SCALP USING A HAIRCLIPPER LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2010	Age: 6 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
6 YOM PURITIC RASH TO SCALP AFTER GETTING A HAIR CUT AT THE BARBER SHOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
52 YOM MAY HAVE INFECTION FROM HAIR CLIPPERS FOLLICULITIS SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2010	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
15MOM HAD HAIR CLIPPED 2 WEEKS AGO, NOW WITH BUMPS ON SCALP; FOLLICULIT IS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
38YOM HAS BUMPS ON SCALP AFTER HAIRCUT AT BARBERSHOP FOLLICULITIS OF SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2010	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
46YOM DEVELOPED SWELLING BEHIND EARS AFTER GETTING A HAIRCUT CELLULITIS OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
6YOM W/RAISED BUMPS ON SCALP X1 WK, HAIR CUT TO A MOHAWK AND MULT BUMPS ALONG CLOSELY SHAVED/BUZZED SIDES; INGROWN HAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
39YOM WAS GETTING HAIR CUT WITH CLIPPERS AT SALON AND SKIN TAG WAS SHAVED OFF/ AVULSION OF SKIN ON SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CUT HAIR WITH DIRTY HAIR CLIPPERS AT MISSION FOLLICULITIS HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
18 YOM HAD HAIRCUT BY COUSIN WITH UNCLEAN CLIPPERS RING WORM SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT WAS GETTING HIS HAIR CUT WHEN THE CLIPPERS NICKED A MOLE ON TOP OF P TS HEAD. SCALP WAS BLEEDING AT SITE. NOW CONTROLLED. DX SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DX OTITIS MEDIA ACUTE/ URI: MOP WOULD LIKE BUMPS TO BACK OF HEAD EVAL'D NOTICED YTDY AFTER GET'G HAIRCUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PAINFUL BUMPS TO HEAD AFTER USING SHAVER CLIPPERS ON HAIR DX: FOLLICULI TIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
MULTIPLE ABSCESSES ON HEAD AFTER SHAVING WITH CLIPPERS IN JAIL ABSCESS HEAD *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT WITH ABSCESS ON HEAD AFTER GETTING HAIR CUT LAST WEEK WITH CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
MOM GAVE PATIENT HAIRCUT 3 DAYS AGO, SMALL PINPOINT BUMP ON SIDE OF HEA D FROM CLIPPERS, NOTICED SCAB; SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT GOT HAIR CUT BY AUNT WHO WAS USING CLIPPERS. NOW SCRAPES ON HEAD. DX ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT WAS TRIMMING HIS OWN HAIR WITH HAIR CLIPPERS CUT HEAD WHICH GT INFEC TED CELLULITIS SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
HAIR CLIPPED 2 WKS AGO-BACK FOR TRIM TODAY-MOM REPORTS BARBER TOLD PT H AD SCALP RED RASH-THINKS BARBER NOT CLEANING CLIPPERS-RING WORM SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT AT BARBER SHOP GETTING HAIR CUT X4 DAYS, NOW W/KNOT TO TOP OF HEAD, AREA TENDER TO TOUCH W/SM AMT HAIR LOSS; ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT W/ABSCESS TO SCALP, NOTICED YEST AFTER CLIPPING HAIR, NOW W/PAIN OVE R SITE OF ABSCESS; SCALP ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 GOT HAIR CUT AT BARBER SHOP W/CLIPPERS & SCALP IS SWOLLEN W/BUMPS ON HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
ABSCESS BACK OF HEAD-C/O ABSCESS TO BACK OF HEAD AFTER USING A HAIR CLI PPER YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2007	Age: 27 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
AT HOME PT HAD HAIR CUT WITH CLIPPERS RIGHT BEFORE BLEEDING TO SCALP STARTED, DX HEADACHE, SCALP,ABRASION,SINUSITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT SHAVED HEAD W/CLIPPERS ON THURSDAY, USED MAGIC SMOOTH HAIR REMOVER ON SAT AND TODAY DEVELOPED SEVER BURNING AND PAIN. DX. CHEM BURN SCAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT RECENTLY HAD HAIR CLIPPED AND DEVELOPED AN ABSCESS 2 DAYS LATER, NOW W/PAIN TO SCALP; SCALP ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
SCALP ABRASION-C/O REDNESS AND PAIN TO SCALP AFTER GETTING A HAIRCUT WI TH A HAIR CLIPPER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
14 YO MALE'S MOM CUT HAIR WITH CLIPPERS AT HOME LYMPHADENOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT SHAVED HEAD BALD WITH A SET OF DIRTY POWER HAIR CLIPPERS NOT THE SCA LP IS INFECTED CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT WAS STANDING WHILE HAVING HER HAIR CUT, SHE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING TOP OF HER HEAD. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA WITH SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
STRUCK IN HEAD W/HAIR CLIPPERS BY RESIDENT @RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY-L ACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT WITH PAINFUL HEAD DUE TO DIRTY CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT HAS A STAPH INFECTION IN HIS HEAD DUE TO HIS HAIR CLIPPERS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/09/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
HEAD DERMATITIS, PT W/ALLERGIC REACTION, GETTING A HAIR CUT, BLEEDING CUTS, REDNESS, RASHES ON FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DX: DEVELOPED RASH ON SCALP WHICH SPREAD TO NECK AND FACE AFTER GETTING A HAIR CUT WITH HAIR CLIPPERS
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: 12/28/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
35 YO MALE HAS CUT ON BACK OF HEAD FROM BLADE ON CLIPPERS WHILE GETTING HAIRCUT - LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers, Razors or shavers
DX:CONTAC DERMATITIS SCALP. CUT HIS HAIR USING A TRIMMER THEN SHAVING H IS HEAD WITH A RAZOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
HEAD CONTUSION, MOTHER STS PT CLIPPING HIS HAIR & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN, EYES EOMI, ENT NORMAL, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 08/02/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 07/16/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 04/08/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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

Date: 11/30/2001	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2001	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2001	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2000	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2000	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/1999	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/1999	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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/1997	Age: 38 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: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/1997	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/1997	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/1997	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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