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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 354
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Cosmetics, Microwave ovens |
| PUT HAIR REMOVAL WAX IN MICROWAVE AND THEN IT SPILLED ON HANDS. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cosmetics, Microwave ovens |
| BURN HAND - 68 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH BURN TO RIGHT HAND AFTER SHE WAS PREPARING HAIR REMOVAL WAX IN MICROWAVE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cosmetics, Lighters |
| PT PLAYING W/ CAN OF COLOGNE & A LIGHTER. COLOGNE BLEW UP IN PT'S HANDS ?FDA. D:PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS, HANDS, FOREARM, CHEST, NECK, EAR.TRANS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cosmetics, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT HAD NAIL POLISH ON HANDS, CAUGHT FIRE WITH HER CIGARETTE DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Cosmetics |
| PT SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURN TO HAND FROM HAIR STRAIGHTNER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Cosmetics, Microwave ovens |
| BURN TO HAND, TOOK HOT EYEBROW WAX OUT OF MICROWAVE DX 2ND DEGREE BURN L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Cosmetics, Microwave ovens |
| 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HANDS: SPILLED HOT WAX ONTO HANDS, MICRO- WABABLE WAX FOR EYEBROWS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2004 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Cosmetics |
| COSMETIC HAIR TREATMENT GOT ON HIS HAND DX: CHEMICAL BURN REACTION, STA BLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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