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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 140
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/30/2010 | Age: 46 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 |
| 46 Y/O F TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON FINGER BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FINGER BURN. 33 YOF BURNED FINGER ON A FLAT IRON WHEN DOING HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DX SPRAIN HAND: 31YOF SUDDEN ONSET PN & LOM R THUMB, SPRAIN' THUMB W TYING SCRUNCHIE TO HAIR; HAD POP NOISE @ IP OF THUMB, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 27 YOF BURNED FINGER W/FLAT IRON RECENTLY. DX: CELLULITIS L MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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