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Accidents - Hair clippers and trimmers - 6-15 years old - Year 2009

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 48
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:27All Of Body:15
Ear:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/13/2009Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
6YOM W/RAISED BUMPS ON SCALP X1 WK, HAIR CUT TO A MOHAWK AND MULT BUMPS ALONG CLOSELY SHAVED/BUZZED SIDES; INGROWN HAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
HER BROTHER STUCK HAIR CLIPPERS INTO HER LT EAR- DRIED BLOOD IN EAR DX; EAR CANAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DX SYNCOPE: IN BARBER CHAIR, GET'G HAIRCUT, CLIPPER KNICKED HIS EARS SM AMNT OF BLD; PT SAW BLD & LOOKED PALE & DIAPHORETIC, THEN SYNCOPIZED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT WAS GETTING HIS HAIR CUT WHEN THE CLIPPERS NICKED A MOLE ON TOP OF P TS HEAD. SCALP WAS BLEEDING AT SITE. NOW CONTROLLED. DX SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DX OTITIS MEDIA ACUTE/ URI: MOP WOULD LIKE BUMPS TO BACK OF HEAD EVAL'D NOTICED YTDY AFTER GET'G HAIRCUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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