Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 26-50 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,874
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	472	Hand:	264
Ear:	192	Finger:	174
Upper Trunk:	88	Internal:	87
Face:	87	Toe:	80
Shoulder:	71	Mouth:	71
Lower Arm:	59	Wrist:	59
Foot:	59	Lower Trunk:	30
Upper Leg:	29	Lower Leg:	15
Pubic Region:	14	Upper Arm:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 30 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
PT WAS CLEANING LEFT EAR WITH A HAIR PIN AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO E AR CANAL
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/05/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
26 YOF BURNED HAND ON FLAT IRON AT HOME 2ND DEGREE BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2008	Age: 26 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 HOT CURLING IRON DX: BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT ACCIDENTALLY GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON FROM WRONG END & BURNED LT FINGERS, 2 - 5 C/O SEVERE PAIN. DX - 2ND DEG BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
40 YOF BURNED LEFT HAND ON CURLING IRON FIRST DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Knives
PT BURNED WRIST WITH FLAT IRON CURLING IRON LAST NIGHT. ALSO LACERATED FINGER WHILE DRYING KNIFE. D:2ND DEG BURN, WRIST, SUPERF. LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT RECEIVED BURN TO CHEST WHEN BURNED CHEST WITH HOT CURLERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 38 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
BURN TO UPPER LEG FROM CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, First aid equipment
PT LEANING RIGHT EAR WITH A *** AND A BOBBY PIN NOW EAR HURTS PERFORATE D EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 50 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
HIT HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH A HOT CURLING IRON. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
PT SCRATCHED LEFT EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
43 YOF SUSTANED BURN TO LEFT UPPER ARM FROM HOT CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
TOE INJURY FROM DROPPING IRON ON RIGHT BIG TOE. DX-ACUTE TOE CONTUSION, TOE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
POKED SELF IN EYE W/ A CURLING IRON IRITIS TRAUMATIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
FINGER INJURY-CAUGHT FINGER IN A HAIR SCRUNCHIE-TWISTED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
C/O LOWER LEG BURN STATUS POST SUSTAINED BURN ONTO CURLING IRON >>BURN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT ACCIDENTALLY SAT ON A HOT CURLING IRON. DX; BURN TO BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PUNCTURED FINGER WITH A BOBBY PIN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 31 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
PT SUS ABRASION TO EYEBALL WHILE USING A CURLING IRON%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS OPENING A PACKAGE OF HAIR BARRETTES WITH TEETH WHEN FELT UPPER TOOTH POP LOOSE. DX: DENTAL PAIN WITH LOOSE TOOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT.INJ.L.SHOULDER AT IN-LAWS HOUSE WHEN USING A CURLING IRON. DX; 2ND. DEG.BURN L.SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2008	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SCRATCHED IN EYE BY DAUGHTERS BARRETTE, CONTUSION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	Age: 29 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT CURLING HAIR WITH CURLING IRON WHEN BURNED EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SUSTAINED BURN TO FINGERS WHEN SHE REACHED FOR CURLING IRON. NO FIRE. N O FIRE DEPARTMENT. BURN, RIGHT FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 32 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
EYE BURNED-HIT EYE ON CURLING IRON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
VAGINAL ITCHING, FB, TRIED TO SCRAT URETHRA WITH BOBBY PIN DX; FB URINARY TRACT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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 SUSTAINED BURN TO HAND AFTER PICKING UP A CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Computers
DX PARTIAL THICKNESS: BURN TO R SIDE OF BACK AFTER HOT CURLING IRON FELL ON HIS BACK WHILE PLUGGING IN COMPUTER UNDER TABLE. USED TOOTPASTE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O 3 CM BURN WITH BLISTERING ON CURLING IRON WITH REDNESS AND SWELL ING. D: BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 40 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 WAS USING A CURLING IRON AND DROPPED IT BURNING EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2008	Age: 45 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
PT POKED SELF WITH A CURLING IRON AT HOME TODAY DX/ CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 37 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
BURNED HER EYE WITH A CURLING IRON. DX THERMAL BURN TO L CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 48 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
ACCIDENTALLY BURN EYE&SURROUNDING SKIN WITH CURLING IRON >> CORNEAL ABRS/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	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
45YOM WAS HOME ACCIDENTLY TOUCHED CURLING IRON USING HANDS,IRON WAS ON;BURNED LEFT AND RIGHT HAND;
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2008	Age: 46 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
R CORNEAL ABRAS/46YOF PUT CURLING IRON IN R EYE TODAY AT AROUND NOON. C /O PAIN R EYE. DIFFICULT TO KEEP EYE OPEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PT WAS BURNED BY CURLING IRON 3 DAYS AGO. DX: SUPERFICIAL BURN R LEG, CONTACT DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Rugs or carpets
PT WAS IN HER BEDROOM AND HAD AN ITCH AND WENT TO SCRATCH IT ON THE CAR PET AND CAUGHT HER FOOT ON A *** PIN. D: FB REMOVAL, TETANUS VACCINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
43 YO FEMALE CLEANED EAR WTIH BOBBY PIN EAR DRUM PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PUNCTURED EAR DRUM WITH A BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 37 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
PT BURNED FACE WITH CURLING IRON BURN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SAT ON CURLING IRON 1 WK AGO. DX: BURNS BUTTOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	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
ACCID. SWALLOWED PIECE OF BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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