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Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 6-15 years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,689
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Ear:495Eyeball:213
Lower Arm:172Internal:167
All Of Body:137Neck:103
Finger:89Elbow:69
Shoulder:58Head:57
Face:53Hand:22
Upper Leg:19Lower Trunk:15
Pubic Region:6Mouth:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/11/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT BURN TO EYE WITH CURLING IRON AT HOME; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL TRAUMA-C/O RT EAR BLEEDING AFTER PT'S MOTHER TR IED TO CLEAN EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN. NO LOSS OF HEARING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT ACCIDENTLY SWOLLOWED BOBBY PIN YESTERDAY SUSTAINED " FOREIGN BODY, BOBBY PIN INGESTION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT FELL WHILE HAVING SEIZURE & CURLING IRON BURNED THIGH. DX: BURN, SEIZURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
13 YOF BURNT HER ELBOW ON A HAIR STRAIGHTENER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT. PASSED OUT THIS AM WHILE MOM WAS PUTTING ROLLERS IN PT'S HAIR. DX. VASOVAGAL EPISODE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT CARRYING ANOTHER CHILD FELL BACKWARDS HITTING BACK OF HEAD WITH BARR ETTE IN HAIR, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT W/ A BARRETTE IN VAGINA HX OF F.B. IN VAGINA LAST MARCH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/09/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CONTUSED EYES, HIT EYES WITH BOBBYPIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Floors or flooring materials
7 YO FEMALE WAS DOING FLIPS WITH HAIR TIES (BALLS) IN HAIR AND FELL TO FLOOR - LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED PART OF HAIR BOW WHILE RIDING IN CAR DX ACUTE THROAT IRRITATION S/P ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT POKED A BOBBY PIN IN EAR TO CLEAN IT OUT. DX: INJURY TO EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM STUCK A HAIRPIN IN PT'S EAR WHEN TRYING TO CLEAN OUT EAR. DX: CERUMEN IMPACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BLISTERS ON L HAND RING FINGER. POSSIBLY BURNED ON CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
HAND BURN-GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CHILD STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN EAR AND HAS PAIN. NEEDS PIN REMOVED. D: FORE IGN BODY, EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK A HAIR CLIP INTO EAR. DX: EAR TRAUMA (RIGHT)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT. FELL AGAINST HAIR ROLLERS. DX. LAC R BROW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CURLING IRON FELL IN EYE RIGHT DEEP CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 09/09/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT.INJ.L.EYE AT HOME WHEN POKED SELF WITH A BOBBYPIN. DX; L.CORNEAL ABR ASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
10 YOF HAND ARM BURNED WITH CURLING IRION 2 DEGREE BURN FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN ABDOMEN - 7 YOF SUSTAINED A BURN TO HER STOMACH FROM A HOT HAIR CU RLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STUCK BOBBY PIN INTO EAR DX. EAR CANAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
ACCIDENTLY BRUN W/ A CURLING IRON BURN LEFT BACK SHOULDER 2ND DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK HAIRPIN IN SOCKET OF MOUTH, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED RT FOREARM ON CURLING IRON YESTERDAY CONCERNED IT IS WORSE TO DAY 2ND DEGREE BURN WITH BLISTERS BURN RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT DEVELOPED DELAYED FELL WITH BARRETT GOING INTO SCALP, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
USED HAIR PIN TO CLEAN EAR LAC EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
FOREARM BURN-FROM HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
THUMB BURN-@ HOME-TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
DAD USED BOBBY PIN TO REMOVE EAR WAX ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA & OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PUNCTURED EAR WITH BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED HEAD ON A CURLING IRON.DX HEAD BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical wire or wiring systems
STUCK BOBBY PIN IN LIGHT SWITCH ELECTICAL SHOCK,MINOR ELECTRICAL BURN, EXTREMITY PAIN MINOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
USING CURLING IRON ON HAIR AT HOME, BUMPED LEG; BURN TO LEFT THIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WENT TO THE BEAUTY PARLOR AND RELAXER WAS PLACED ON HER HAIR. NOW S HE HAS BURN BEHIND AND ON HER EARS BILATERALLY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED ARM WITH HOT CURLING IRON. D: BURNS TO RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS UNDOING HAIR BUTTONS, STATES TOO TIGHT, CAUSED AVULSION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CONTUSED EAR WHEN SCRATCHED WITH BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED A BOBBY PIN FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED ON LT EYEBROW WITH HOT CURLING IRON TODAY, BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED FINGERS ON A FLAT IRON. DX. 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO 2ND AND 3RD FING ERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CHILD POKED IN EYE WITH HAIR BARRETTE. D: CONJUNCTIVAL INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON;CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT DX SUICIDAL GESTURE - PT C/O WRAPPED CURLING IRON CORD AROUND HER NECK TO KILL HERSELF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PATIENT PUT BOBBY PIN IN ELECTRICAL SOCKET AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE; ELECTRI CAL BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/09/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EAR LAC-CUT ON METAL HAIR CLIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT WEARING HAIR BAND WITH SPARKLES ON IT, PULLED UP FROM AROUND NE CK AND HIT EYE, SPARKLES GOT INTO EYE, EYE RED; FB W/CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED FINGER ON CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
14 Y.O. B MALE W/LAC TO EAR. PT WAS CLEANING OUT HIS EAR W/A BOBBY PIN & INJ SELF @ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STATES HER SISTER ACCIDNETLY BURMED HER ARM WTIH A OPEN HAIR STRAIGHTING IRON, 2% BURN TO RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
7 Y.O. B FEMALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EAR. PT STS A HAIR BEAD GOT STUCK IN HE R EAR @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Doors
CURLING IRON FELL ON PATIENT'S THIGH AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO, ALSO SHUT FING ER IN DOOR TODAY; 1/3% 3RD DEGREE, 1% 2ND DEGRE BURN, FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT. SWALLOWED A BOBBY PIN- FELT LIKE IT WAS STUCK IN HER THROAT DX: FOREIGN BODY IN GI TRACT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
+ SB, PASSENGER REAR SEAT, MVA, REARENDED. HAIR CLIP BROKE AGAINST HEAD WHEN HIT. CHEST CONTUSION, NECK SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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