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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 237
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/23/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ABRASION TO EAR WHEN STUCK BOBBY PIN IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS SCRATCHING EAR WITH BOBBY PIN, NOW WITH PAIN DX:EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HAD EACH ACHE. (L)EAR 1WK. DAUGHTER SAID WAS PLUGGED USED BOBBY PIN TOC LEAR. PAIN NOW WORSE. (L) 2MM DIAM PERFORATOIN. DX:LOW&PERFERATED(L)TM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| F.B. (L) EAR, PT USED A BOBBY PIN TO CLEAN EAR, C/O FACE SWELLING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| RT EARDRUM PERFORMATION-STATES FELT LIKE A BUG IS IN RT EAR.STATES USED A HAIR PIN TO TRY TO REMOVE OBJECT.C/O PAIN TO RT EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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