Accidents - Hair clippers and trimmers - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,143
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	38
Year 1999:	35
Year 2000:	104
Year 2001:	289
Year 2002:	17
Year 2003:	67
Year 2004:	15
Year 2005:	65
Year 2006:	41
Year 2007:	164
Year 2008:	28
Year 2009:	48
Year 2010:	225

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	358	Ear:	302
Hand:	138	Finger:	106
All Of Body:	92	Eyeball:	88
Foot:	19	Face:	15
Lower Arm:	15	Neck:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/19/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
13 YOM LACERATION TO RT. EAR AURICLE S/P CLIPPER SLIPPED AND CUT EAR.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
6 YOM PURITIC RASH TO SCALP AFTER GETTING A HAIR CUT AT THE BARBER SHOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
10YOM MOM CUTTING PATIENT'S HAIR AT HOME, FELT DIZZY, LIGHTHEADED, SEEI NG SPOTS; DIZZY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2010	Age: 6 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 clippers and trimmers
6 YOM DX LT EAR ABRASION - PT HAD HAIR CUT EARLIER IN THE DAY,CLIPPING FOUND IN OUTER EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
10 YOM, EAR CUT BY HAIR CLIPPERS WHILE GETTING HAIRCUT BUT FATHER DX: EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 10/17/2009	Age: 8 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 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: 02/22/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 01/02/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 01/01/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
RIGHT FOREARM LAC, PT CUT FOREARM WHEN TRIMMING DOG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT GOT HAIR CUT BY AUNT WHO WAS USING CLIPPERS. NOW SCRAPES ON HEAD. DX ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CUT ON EAR BY CLIPPERS DURING HAIR-CUT. DX EAR LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT W/ABSCESS TO SCALP, NOTICED YEST AFTER CLIPPING HAIR, NOW W/PAIN OVE R SITE OF ABSCESS; SCALP ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2007	Age: 11 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 clippers and trimmers, Floors or flooring materials
GOT ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM HAIR CLIPPERS WHILE TRIMMING DAD'S HAIR, KNOCKE D HER TO THE FLOOR AT HOME. DX; ELECTRIC SHOCK TO FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT CUT FINGERS WHILE WORKING ON HAIR CLIPPERS; 2ND/3RD/4TH FINGER LACS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
SCALP ABRASION-C/O REDNESS AND PAIN TO SCALP AFTER GETTING A HAIRCUT WI TH A HAIR CLIPPER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
14 YO MALE'S MOM CUT HAIR WITH CLIPPERS AT HOME LYMPHADENOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO EAR WHILE GETTING A HAIRCUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
STRUCK IN HEAD W/HAIR CLIPPERS BY RESIDENT @RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY-L ACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DX: DEVELOPED RASH ON SCALP WHICH SPREAD TO NECK AND FACE AFTER GETTING A HAIR CUT WITH HAIR CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
LAC L THUMB, PT SUST INJURY W/A HAIR CUTTER AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, TENDERNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT PUT HAND IN MEDICINE CABINET AT HOME, CUT THUMB ON CLIPPERS; TH UMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CUT SELF WITH HAIR TRIMMERS DX. FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT WITH KNOT ON NECK AFTER GETTING HAIR CUT; FOLLICULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
HEAD CONTUSION, MOTHER STS PT CLIPPING HIS HAIR & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN, EYES EOMI, ENT NORMAL, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT GOT SUNBURN ON SCALP 2 WEEKS AGO, 4-5 DAYS LATER HAD RASH WITH DRAINAGE, GREW WORSE AFTER HAIRCUT; KERION, TINEA CAPITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT SHAVED HEAD WITH CLIPPERS, SCALP RASH; TINEA CAPITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT NICKED ON EAR BY EDGERS WHEN GETTING HAIR CUT AT BARBER SHOP 3 DAYS AGO; EAR ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2001	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2001	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2001	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2001	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	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 clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2001	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2000	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2000	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: Hematoma
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/1999	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/1999	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/1997	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/1997	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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