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Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 26-50 years old - Year 2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,004
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:408Ear:377
Lower Arm:365Hand:314
Foot:192Finger:140
Upper Trunk:108Head:33
Shoulder:16Face:16
Upper Leg:16Lower Trunk:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/25/2010Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 12/14/2010Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 12/05/2010Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
44 YOF WAS BURNED BY CURLING IRON. DX: R HAND FIRST/SECOND DEG BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 11/10/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
48 YOM DX 1ST,2ND DEGREE BURN OF HAND - S/P PT GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON BY ACCIDENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2010Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
39 YO F STEPPED ON THE PRONG PORTION OF HER CURLING IRON WITH RT FOOT, FELL TWISTING RT FOOT. HAS MULTIPLE SCEROSIS. DX CONTUSION RT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2010Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 10/30/2010Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 10/29/2010Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
32 YOF LEANED FORWARD AND BREAST HIT HOT CURLING IRON. DX: R BREAST SECOND DEG PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
34YOF INJ.L.FOREARM AT HOME WHEN HIT AGAINST HOT CURLING IRON. DX; L.FO REARM SUPERFICIAL 1ST.DEG.BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2010Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
47 YOF, LOWER ARM BURN, PT. HAD SEIZURE PASSED OUT, WOKE UP WITH HOT C URLING IRON, LAYING ON FOREARM, CAUSING BURN TO SKIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2010Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Ceilings and walls
31 YOF FELL AT CASINO, HAD HAIR CLIP AND HIT HEAD ON THE WALL CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2010Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
37 YOF WAS USING A CURLING IRON AND DISLOCATED HER SHOULDER SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2010Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
40 Y/O FEMALE WAS CURLING HAIR WITH CURLING IRON & BURNT BACK OF HAND DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2010Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 10/15/2010Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
A 29 YOF, RESTRAINED DRIVER ON EXPY,IN MVA, HAD HAIRCLIP IN HEAD, HIT H EAD ON HEADREST, CONTUSION TO HEAD WITH HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2010Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
36YOF BURNED LEFT HAND ON A CURLING IRON, 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURN TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2010Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Nonelectric razors or shavers
BURN FOREARM - 27 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH SELF INFLICTED BURN TO FOREAR M WITH CURLING IRON - ALSO SUPERFICIAL RAZOR BLADE CUTS TO FOREARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
34YOF SUSTAINED BURN TO FOREARM FROM CURLING IRON*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2010Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 09/10/2010Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 09/04/2010Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 08/31/2010Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 08/25/2010Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 08/13/2010Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 08/09/2010Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 08/05/2010Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Asian
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
26YOF BURN FROM HOT CURLING IRON TO R. FOREARM DX::2ND DEGREE BURN TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 07/28/2010Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
27 Y FEMALE BURNED LF PALM ON CURLING IRON DX: BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2010Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
50 YO F BURNED HAND WHEN GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON. GRABBED WRONG END OF CURLING IRON. DX:HAND BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2010Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
30 YR FEMALE STEPPED ON A FLAT IRON (FLAT CURLING IRON) DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2010Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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


Date: 06/09/2010Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 06/07/2010Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
46 YOF DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO BUTTOCK - S/P DUE TO HOT CURLING IRON YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2010Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 05/28/2010Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 05/10/2010Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
28YOF,BURN TO RIGHT FOOT S/P SHE DROPED A CURLING IRON ON HER FOOT BLISTER POPED BY HER DOG ACCIDENTALLY STEPPING ON FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2010Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
29 YOF BURNED HAND ON CURLING IRON. DX: R HAND BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2010Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/27/2010Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/09/2010Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 04/02/2010Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
26 YOF STEPPED ON CURLING IRON 1 WK AGO. DX: L FOOT BURN SECOND DEG, CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2010Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
49YOF DEVELOPED UPPER BACK PAIN WHILE CURLING HAIR ACUTE UPPER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2010Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 03/10/2010Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
33YOF DROPPED CURLING IRON ON FOREARM AND BURNED IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 02/28/2010Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
DX CELLULITIS FOOT W LYMPHANGITIS: 33YOF NOTICED SWELL' AFTER DROP' CURL' IRON ON L FOOT 2D AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2010Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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


Date: 02/11/2010Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
42YOF, C/O THIGH REDNESS WITH MILD SWELLING AFTER ACC BURNT SELF WITH F LAT IRON>>BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2010Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
31 YOF BURN TO FACE FROM A HOT CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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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