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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 303
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/14/2006 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| HOLDING HAIR DRYER, STUCK FINGER IN EYE WHILE DRYING HAIR/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| LT CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/ BLOW DRYER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PT WAS WRAPPING UP HER HAIR DRYER WHEN THE END OF THE CORD STRUCK HER I N THE RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2004 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| LEFT EYE FB. PT WAS USING A BLOW DRYER AND GOT SOMETHING INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers, Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT, BLOW DRYING HAIR, ANSWERED PHONE, HAD HAIR BRUSH IN HAND AND ACCIDE NTALLY STRUCK EYE. D:CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| EYE PAIN - 71 YOF REPORTS PAIN IN BOTH EYES SINCE SHE HAD HAIR DRYER BL OWN IN EYES AT BEAUTY SALON APPROX 5:30 PM TODAY. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PT STATES WAS DRYING HER HAIR, FELT LIKE SOMETHING GOT INTO RT EYE,C/O REDNESS/IRRITATION/DRAINAGE.DX:R EYE CORNEAL ABR; ACUTE RT EYE PN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PAIN TO RT EYE. PT THINKS IT IS FB. RT EYEBALL PAIN AFTER USING HAIRDRY ER. DX; CORNEAL ABR RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/1999 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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