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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 409
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/24/2009 | Age: 38 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 |
| CURLING IRON FELL FROM HANDS HITTING EYE DX: BURN CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2009 | Age: 32 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 32 YOF PRESENT TO ER AFTER INJURING HER RT EYE SHE DROPPED A CURLING IR ON AND IT BURNED HER EYEBALL- DX- BURNS RT EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2009 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO EYELID WITH A CURLING IRON THERMAL BURN FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SUS BURN TO EYE WHILE USING CURLING IRON% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2009 | Age: 29 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HIT R EYE WITH A METAL HAIR CLIP (BARRETTES ) DX R CORNEAL ABRASION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2009 | Age: 44 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 |
| RT CORNEAL BURN.PT BURNED EYE WITH A CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2009 | Age: 39 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 39YO WHITE MALE WAS TWIRLING ARND PLASTIC HAIR CLIP-ACCIDENTLY HIT SELF IN R EYE, DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2009 | Age: 38 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 HER R EYE W/CURLING IRON DX R CORNEAL BURN ***** *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 43 YOF ACCIDENTALLY HIT EYE WITH CURLING IRON SUPERFICIAL CORNEAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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