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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 202
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED HAND ON CURLING IRON DX 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO PALM OF HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GRABBED A CURLING IRON DX. HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED SELF WITH CURLING IRON DX. HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT. PUT HAIR CLIP IN ELECTRICAL OUTLET- BURNED FIRST 3 FINGERS OF LT.HA ND. DX: ELECTRICAL BURN TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PTS. MOTHER REPORTED PT. PICKED UP HOT CURING IRON BURN LT.HAND DX- BURN LT. HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS BURNT BY A CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GRABBED MOM'S HOT CURLING IRON AND BURNED RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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