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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 98
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 01/04/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| DX ELECTRICAL INJ/1ST DEG SKIN BURN/CERVICALGIA NECK PAIN: W CURLING HAIR W DOORBELL RAND & SENT SHOCK UP L ARM. SPARKS CAMEOUT WALL SOCKET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT STATES A CURLING IRON WAS LEFT ON, STARTED A FIRE IN BATHROOM, INHALED SMOKE & HAS ASTHMA. FD PRES NOT MENTIONED. DX-INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/1998 | 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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