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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 921
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/25/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| 14YOM INJURED RT INDEX FINGER ON METAL PIECE OF HEADBAND AT HOME DX - FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| 8YOF- PT POKED RIGHT EYE WITH HEADBAND LAST NIGHT, THIS AM EYE RED. DX RIGHT EYE HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| PATIENT SITTING IN BATHROOM GETTING HAIR DONE, PASSED OUT, UNRESPONSIVE MADE GURGLING SOUNDS; HAIR GROOMERS SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| PT USED A NEW HAIR PRODUCT, BUMPS ALL OVER BODY AND TONGUE, ALLERGIC RE -DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| PT HAD HIS HAIR CUT AT A NEW BARBER SHOP. SHORTLY AFTER DEV RASH ON HIS FACE. ITCHY. DX CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| LEFT 2ND INDEX FINGER BURN.PT TOUCHED A HAIR STRAIGHTNER AND BURNED FIN GER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| PATIENT FELL WHILE PLAYING AT SCHOOL, HIT ON THE GROUND WHERE HAIR ORNAMENT WAS IN HAIR. DX-LACERATION SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| PATIENT STANDING UP WHILE MOM CUTTING HER HAIR, LEANED HEAD BACK AND PA SSED OUT; SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| HIT IN HEAD WITH HAIRSPRAY BOTTLE SCALP LACER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| HIT IN EAR BY WIRE FROM HEAD BAND DX: RT EAR LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| STEPPED ON HAIR STRAIGHTENER TONIGHT APPROX 19:00 DX: BURN R FOOT 1ST DEGREE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| PT WITH SCALP BLEEDING WITH ITCHING/PUS DRAINAGE FROM TIGHT BRAIDS, LAC ERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| MVC RESTRAINED REAR SEAT PASS BUMPED HEAD AGAINST BACKSEAT WITH PONYTAI L HOLDER CRUSHED INTO HEAD, CONTUSION/WT21.2 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| PT BURNED FOREARM ON A HAIR STRAIGHTENER. DX LOWER ARM BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| PATIENT HAD HAIRCUT THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE, PATIENT WOKE UP WITH LOWER EYE SWELLING, REDNESS AND TENDERNESS. DX. STYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| STRAIN LOW BACK; BENT OVER TO PICK UP HAIRBAND & FELT SOMETHING PULL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| FELL WITH BARRETTE IN HAIR DX: LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| PATIENT FELL HITTING HEAD ON BRAID/PONYTAIL HOLDER AT SCHOOL, NOT ACTIN G NORMAL; HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| FACE LAC, MOTHER STS PT STRUCK WITH A PLASTIC HAIR BRUSH BY A SIBLING A T HOME, C/O PAIN, EYES EOMI, ENT NORMAL, NO DENTAL INJURY OR LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| PUTTING ON A PLASTIC HEADBAND IT BROKE AND A PIECE MAY HAVE HIT HER IN HER RIGHT EYE. DX RIGHT EYE INJURY-SWELLING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| CHEMICAL BURN EYEBALL WITH HAIR BONDING GLUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2001 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2001 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2001 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2001 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2000 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2000 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/1999 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/1999 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/1999 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/1999 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/1999 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/1998 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/1998 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/1998 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/1998 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/1997 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair grooming equipment or accessories |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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