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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,729
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2006 | Age: 38 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CORN ABR. PT BURNED EYE WITH USING A CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Floors or flooring materials |
| STEPPED ON HOT CURLING IRON ON FLOOR AT HOME SUST BURN TO R FOOT DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OVER PLANTAR SURFACE R FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT GRABBED A HOT CURLING IRON AND INJURED HAND DX// BURN LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS CLEANING EARS WITH BOBBY PINS & NOW HAS EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN W/ HOT CURLING RION RIGHT NECK 2ND DEGREE BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED RIGHT EYE ON CURLING IRON THIS AM,ACCIDENTALLY POKED R EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FOOT CT-HIT A CURLING IRON-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WITH COMPLAINT OF BOBBY PIN LODGED IN EAR DX: FB TO L EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED RT EYE WITH A CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2006 | Age: 39 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SCLERAL AB-HIT EYE W/ CURLING IRON-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY POKED EYE WITH CURLING IRON DX: ABRASION OF THE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Beds or bedframes |
| LACERATION EAR - 32 YOM ROLLED OVER IN BED AND WIFE'S HAIR PIN POKED PT 'S RIGHT EAR CAUSING A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PTS DAUGHTER DROPPED A CURLING IRON ONTO RIGHT KNEE SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED FOREHEAD WITH CURLING IRON AT HOME 4 DAYS AGO, NOW HAS BLISTERS. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN FOREHEAD WITH CONTACT DERMATITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| LEFT ARM STR. PT STRAINED ARM WHEN USING A CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 26 YO POKED BOBBY PIN IN EAR OTITIS EXTERNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN LEG ON CURLING IRON CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO EYE WITH CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNS 2ND DEGREE R THIGH, PT DROPPED A HOT CURLING IRON AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED ON CURLING IRON; TB FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED THUMB ON A CURLING IRON LAST WK, C/O SWELLING DX: BURN L THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| L CORNEAL BURN/31YOF USING CURLING IRON AT HOME AND CAUGHT EYE WITH IT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Foods |
| EATING SALAD BOUGHT AT ***, ATE HAIRPIN THAT WAS FOUND IN SALAD FOREIGN BODY IN ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| EAR PAIN AFTER CLEANING IT C BOBBY PIN " OTITIS EXTERNA" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNS TO SHOULDER W/ CURLING IRON BURNS RIGHT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED HAND AFTER GRABBING HOT CURLING IRON WHILE AT HOTEL. D:HAND B URN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2006 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT, WHO RAN OUT OF *** USED HAIR PIN TO REMOVE WAX FROM EAR. EAR PAINAN D DRAINAGE. D: OTITIS EXTERNA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT AT HAIRDRESSERS YESTERDAY WHEN BURNED ON ZYGOMATIC ARCH WITH CURLING IRON. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT WAS BURNED ON THIGH FROM HOT HAIR CURLERS DX; 1ST DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2006 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GRABBED CURLING IRON/HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACC HIT EYE C CURLING IRON " CORNEAL ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BLLEDING IN EAR AFTER CLEANING IT WITH A BOBBY PIN. DX- ABRASION R EXTE RNAL EAR CANAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Garbage disposers |
| HAIR PIN PERM ROD STUCK IN GARBAGE DISPOSAL AND PATIENT INJURED WRIST T RYING TO GET ROD FROM DISPOSAL WRIST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CORN BURN . PT BURNED EYE WITH A CURLING IRON WHEN DROPPING IT WHILE CU LING HAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 34 Y/O BLACK FEMALE CLEANING HER EAR WITH HAIR PIN AND WAS BUMPED BY CH ILD. PIN WENT INTO HER EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 34 YO FEMALE ITCHED EAR WITH BOBBY PIN PERFORATED EAR DRUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED CHEEK WITH CURLING IRON CHEEK BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CORNEAL ABRASION L EYEBALL, PT SUST INJURY W/A HOT CURLING IRON AT HOME , C/O PAIN, TEARING, BLURRED VISION, SWELLING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HIT SELF IN EYE WITH CURLING IRON/CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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