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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 408
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2010 | Age: 47 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 |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.47YOF WAS USING A CURLING IRON AND HIT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2010 | Age: 48 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 |
| 48 YOF SUSTAINED A CORNEAL BURN WHILE USING A CURLING IRON AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2010 | Age: 42 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 |
| 42 YOF DX CORNEAL ABRASION - S/P DUE TO DIRECT TRAUMA AT HOME,PT GOT BURNT WITH CURLING IRON TONIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 26YOF YANKED ON THE CORD OF A FLAT IRON AND IT FLEW INTO EYE RUPTURE EY EBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 48YOBF PT BURNED L EYE W/ CURLING IRON WHEN SHE DROPPED THE IRON AND I T HIT HER IN THE EYE. DX. L CORNEAL BURN, ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2010 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 50YOF WAS ACCIDENTALLY POKED IN R EYE BY FRIENDS HAIR PIN DX- CORNEAL ABRA, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2010 | Age: 26 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 |
| 26YOF TOUCHED LT EYE WITH CURLING IRON DX: CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2010 | Age: 50 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 BURN-50YOF-HIT EYE W/A CURLING IRON-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 36 YOF BURN TO EYE FROM CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2010 | Age: 48 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 |
| 48YOF HIT SELF IN EYE WITH A WARM CURLING IRON LAST NIGHT. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 48YFC WENT TO HUG DAUGHTER AND DAUGHTERS HAIR PIN SCRATCHED EYE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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