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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 279
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2005 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT POKED HERSELF IN EYE WITH CURLING IRON. DX: RT EYE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CURLING IRON VS EYE DX:THERMAL CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT AT HOME BURN R EYE ON CURLING IRON DX THERMAL CONJUNCTIVITIS R EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DX CORNEAL BURN: DROPPED CURLING IRON AND IT HIT EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION FROM CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2005 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED LEFT EYE WITH A CURLING IRON SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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