Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 6-15 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,601
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Ear:	298	Eyeball:	220
Lower Arm:	196	Internal:	140
Hand:	130	Head:	127
Face:	104	Upper Leg:	83
All Of Body:	77	Upper Arm:	68
Foot:	51	Finger:	49
Lower Trunk:	39	Pubic Region:	6
Neck:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/01/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STATES HE SWALLOWED METAL HAIR CLIP PT C/O EPIGASTRIC PAIN FB INGEST ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT CLEANING EAR WITH BOBBY PIN YEST NOW WITYH BLOOD IN LT EAR, CONTUSIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O WAS POKED IN RT EYE WITH HAIR PIN TONIGHT - C/O REDNESS TO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT INSERTED A "HAIR BEAD" INTO LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BARRETTE IN HAIR HIT PT IN EYE WHILE SHE WAS SWINGING HEAD, HEMORRHAGE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 6 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 TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON - BURN RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
RECTAL FB-PT HAD PUT A BOBBY PIN UP HER RECTUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Floors or flooring materials
12 Y.O. W FEMALE W/BURN TO FOOT. PT STS SHE TRIPPED OVER A CURLING IRON THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O BLEEDING FROM RT EAR AFTER CLEANING EAR W/AN HAIRPIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
15 YO BM - OTITIS EXTERNA - TRIED TO ET EAR WAX OUT WITH HAIRPIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
9 YOF SWALLOWED HAIR CLIP INGESTED F' OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT'S HAIR BEADS TOO TIGHT, SCALP RASH WITH BLEEDING; TINEA CAPITAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
9 YO F SWALLOWED HAIR CLIP INGESTION FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
HIT CURLING IRON WITH ARM/ BURN LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT. BRNED HER FINGER ON A CURLING IRON AT HOME. DX. PARTIAL THICKNESS R ING FINGER BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED RT FOREARM ON A CURLING IRON YEST CONCERNEDTODAY IT IS WORSE 2ND DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
HAIR PIN VS. EAR FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED NECK WITH CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT ROLLED ONTO A CURLING IRON AND BURNED LOWER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED EYEBALL WITH CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
15YF USING A CURLING IRON DX; 2 DEGREE BURN TO UPPER R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
6 YO BF - FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - BY HISTORY - SWALLOWED A SMALL PLAS TIC HAIR CLIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Paper products
LT OTITIS MEDIA-SINCE SHE CLEANED HER EAR W/A BOBBY PIN W/ TOILET PAPER WRAPPED ON THE END
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2003	Age: 6 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
PT GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON BURNING HAND, ACUTE L AHND 1ST DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PRESENT WITH BURN TO LEFT EYE FROM CURLING IRON. DX: BURN LEFT CORN EA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS BURNED WITH HOT CURLING IRON - 2% BURN EYELID R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 12 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED ARM ON CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PLAYING WITH A BOBBY PIN IN HER EAR WHEN SISTER BUMPED PT AND SHOVED BOBBY PIN INTO EAR. DX ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA/PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
POKED LT. EAR WITH BOBBY PIN, EAR BLEEDING & HURTING DX: PUNCTURE TO LT. EXTERNAL EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED SELF WITH CURLING IRON DX. BURN TO ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT HAS BURN UNDER LEFT EYE FROM HOT CURLERS
Disposition: Not recorded

Date: 05/19/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT STUCK HAIR PIN IN EAR. DX: ABRASION TO RIGHT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STEPPED ON A PLASTIC HAIR CLIP AND CUT RIGHT FOOT. DX LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT TO ER WITH LACERATION TO FINGER FROM METAL HAIR CLIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
7 YO B FEMALE W/BURN TO HAND. PT BURNED HAND ON HEATER FOR CURLING IRO N . E9248
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SUST. INJURY TO SCALP FROM HAIRPIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SUST LACERATION TO SCALP FROM CLIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN TO FACE WHEN USING A CURLING IRON AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM CURLING PT'S HAIR AND THE CURLING IRON ACCIDENTALLY BURNED LEFT EYE OF PT AND HAVING PAIN, TEARING. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
LT EAR FB-HAIR BEAD STUCK IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 6 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
6 Y/O W/FM BURNED HAND ON CURLERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT BURNED ON FACE WITH CURLING IRON BY FOSTER SISTER AT HOME; MINO R FACIAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 13 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT.REPORTED POKED RT.EYE WITH HOT CURLER C/O PAIN AND WATERY EYE WITH BLURRED VISION. DX-RT.CORNEAL ABRASION RT.EYE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CUT UPPER LEG ON CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STATES SHE DROPPED A HOT CURLING IRON ON HER THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		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 outlets or receptacles
PT STUCK HAIRPIN IN ELECTRIC OUTLET; LOW VOLT ELECTRICUTION, BURNS TO F INGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
RT FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND-STEPPED ON A BOBBY PIN-AT HOME-BAREFOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED HIS RT INNER FOREARM ON A CURLING IRON. 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PUT SEQUINS FROM HAIR CLIP INTO VAGINA; POSSIBLE VAGINAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STRUCK IN FOREHEAD WITH CURLING IRON DX:LACERATION TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT INJURED LT INDEX FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGERS AT SCHOOL,SLICED ON IRON IN SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2003	Age: 15 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
RT CORNEAL AB-EYE HIT W/A CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT GOT HOT HAIR GREASE IN EYE WHEN IRONING HAIR OR CURLING HAIR LA ST NIGHT, EYE DRAINAGE; CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM WAS TRYING TO CURL PTS HAIR & WHILE PT WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY PT TR IPPED OVER CORD AND FELL - HURT ARM. D: CONTUSION RIGHT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O (R) EAR PAIN. BLEEDING EARLIER. SCRATCHING W/BOBBY PIN. DX: OTITIS EXTERNA (R) EAR & OTITIS MEDIA (R) EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT BURNED ON FOREARM BY CURLING IRON AT HOME; 2ND DEGREE ARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2003	Age: 7 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
WHILE PLAYING, PT FELL BACKWARDS ON HEAD, HAD BEADS IN HAIR, BEADS JAMM ED HEAD, DX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
LEFT EYE BURN INSIDE OF PT EYE WITH CULING IRON. DX CORNEAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
RESTRAINED PASSENGER IN CAR THAT WAS HIT FROM BEHIND HAD LRG HAIR CLIP IN HAIR THAT HIT SEAT HEAD REST SUST INJ TO HEAD D CLSD HD INJ W NCK S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT STEPPED ON CURLING IRON AT HOME YESTERDAY; 1ST DEGREE FOOT BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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