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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 377
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| 47YOF TRYING TO REMOVE EAR WAX FROM EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN NOW EAR IS BLE EDING ABRASION EAR CANAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2010 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 32YOF WAS CLEANING EARS WITH BOBBY PIN AND GOT IT LODGED IN EAR CANAL DX: EAR CANAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2010 | Age: 44 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 |
| 44YOM USING A *** TO SCRATCH INSIDE OF EAR SUSTAINED AN ABRASIONTHAT GO T INFECTED OTITIS EXTERNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2010 | Age: 28 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Other sound recording, reproducing or receiving equipment |
| 28YOF, CLEANING EAR WITH BOBBY PIN&ACC PUSHED EARBAD OF MUSIC PLAYER IN TO EAR>>FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2010 | Age: 33 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Swimming |
| 33 YOM EAR ABRASION WITH OTITIS EXTERNA, SCRATHCED HIS EAR WITH A HAIR PIN AND THEN WENT SWIMMING AND DEVELOPED PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2010 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 38 YOM WAS DIGGING IN LEFT EAR WITH BOBBY PIN EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2010 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| RT TYMPANIC MEMBRANE RUPTURE.46YOF WAS USING A BOBBY PIN TO CLEAR OUT R T EAR AND SON BUMPED INTO PT CAUSING BOBBY PIN TO INJURE EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2010 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| 29YOF STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN RIGHT EAR TO CLERAN IT OUT AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO EAR CANAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2010 | Age: 31 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 |
| LEFT EAR PAIN CLEANING WITH BOBBY PIN. EAR PAIN 31YOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| STUCK BOBBY PIN IN EAR TO CLEAN IT. EAR PAIN OTITIS MEDIA 31YOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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