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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 643
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2006 | 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT INJURED EYE WITH A CURLING IRON AT HOME TODAY DX//. RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2006 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED OVER CURLING IRON, FELL IN FLOOR @ HOME DX HIP FX |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/14/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT FIXING HER HAIR PUTTING IN HAIR CURLERS AND INJURED HER SHOULDER DX// RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2006 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| STUCK BOBBY PIN INTO EAR/EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2006 | Age: 59 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: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SCRATCHED EAR WITH BOBBY PIN, PAIN-OTITIS EXTERNIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PT STUCK HAIR CLIP IN EAR, EAR BLEEDING DX: ABRASIONS LEFT EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PUTTING ROLLERS IN HAIR SHOULDER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2006 | Age: 71 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| F.B . IN EAR - TRIED TO REMOVE MOTH FROM EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED THUMB ON A FLAT IRON 6 DAYS AGO. REDNESS, SWELLING. D: BURN, THUMB CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2006 | Age: 78 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACCIDENTALLY STUCK PLASTIC PIN FROM HAIR CURLER INTO EYE. CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION, LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED HAND ON CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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