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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 376
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/29/2010 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: 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: 03/18/2010 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: 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: 09/25/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT RECEIVED BURN TO CHEST WHEN BURNED CHEST WITH HOT CURLERS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Computers |
| DX PARTIAL THICKNESS: BURN TO R SIDE OF BACK AFTER HOT CURLING IRON FELL ON HIS BACK WHILE PLUGGING IN COMPUTER UNDER TABLE. USED TOOTPASTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT REPORTS CURLING IRON SLIPPED OUT OF HAND, FALLING CAUSING BURN TO BREAST AND STOMACH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| LT CHEST BURN-DROPPED HOT CURLING IRON ON CHEST-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DROPPED CURLING IRON IN CHESTDX: R BREAST BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2001 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/1998 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/1997 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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