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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 322
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| 63YOF WHILE USING A HAIR DRYER,DROPPED THE DRYER ON LT GREAT TOE; TOE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| 77 Y/O TRIPPED & FELL OVER HAIRDRYER AT HOME LANDED ON WRIST. DX-FX LEFT DISTAL RADIUS/ULNA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| 90 YOF WAS GETTING HAIR DONE, SITTING UNDERNEATH HAIR DRYER WHEN SHE BE CAME UNRESPONSIVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers, Chairs |
| SUDDENLY DEVELOPED DIZZINESS&LIGHTHEADNESS WHILE SITTING ON A CHAIR WIT H HEAD UNDER THE DRYER @ HAIR SALON THEN PASSED OUT>>SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PT STATES UPPER BACK PAIN WHILE USING BLOW HAIR DRYER AT HOME UPPER BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2008 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | 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 dryers |
| VASO-VAGAL SYNCOPE/93YOF AT SENIOR LIVING HOME, WHILE SITTING UNDER HAI R DRYER THIS AM, HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair dryers, Extension cords |
| WHILE BLOW DRYING DAUGHTERS HAIR, PT RECEIVED BURN TO HAND,WAS HOLDING EXTENSION CORD AND IT CAUGHT FIRE, NO F.D. ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| R EYEBROW LAC. A HAIR DRYER WHEN A PIECE OF THE DRYER BROKE OFF, HIT HE R IN THE EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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