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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 200
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/04/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS AT HOME, KNELT ON A BROKEN HAIR CLIP CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SAT ON BOBBY PIN ON KNEE DX: KNEE BOBBY PIN PUNCTURE WOUND/ REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO L KNEE W/CURLING IRON DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Chairs |
| WHILE GETTING INTO A CHAIR GOT A HAIR CLIP STUCK IN LEFT KNEE. DX-LEFT KNEE INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| KNEELED ON A HAIRCLIP BY ACCIDENT, HAIR CLIP STUCK IN RIGHT KNEE. DX: F OREIGN BODY, RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/1999 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/1999 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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