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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 238
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 8YOF HAD MOM CLEAN EARS WITH HAIRPIN OTITIS EXTERNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CONTUSION TO EAR FROM A HAIRPIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT STATES MOTHER CLEANING EARS WITH HAIRPIN, CAME ACROSS SOMETHING IN EAR, NOW W/PRESSURE IN R EAR. DX. L FB EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| MOM CLEANING PATIENT'S EAR WITH BOBBY PIN, PT MOVED AND PIN PUSHED DEEP IN EAR, NOW BLEEDING; EAR SCRATCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PATIENT WITH EAR PAIN SINCE YESTERDAY, PROBED AT EAR WITH BOBBY PIN, FE LT LIKE SHE HIT SOMETHING IN EAR; OTITIS EXTERNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | 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 |
| ABRASION TO EAR FROM A BOBBY PIN THAT HE STUCK IN HIS EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT PUT BOBBY PIN IN EAR AND INJURED IT. DX: RIGHT OTITIS MEDIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| MOM USING A HAIR PIN TO REMOVE EAR WAX FROM PTS EAR AND NOTICED BLEEDIN G. DX EAR INJURY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/15/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PATIENT CLEANING EAR WITH BOBBY PIN, NOW HAS SEVERE EAR PAIN; OTITIS ME DIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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