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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 931
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 55 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 |
| HIT SELF IN EYE WITH CURLING IRON. LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT PUT HAIR UP IN ROLLERS, DEVELOPED SHOULDER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED SCALP ON MONDAY WITH HOT CURLING IRON SCALP ABSCESS # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO SCALP TWO DAYS AGO WITH CURLING IRON SCALP BURN * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO CHEST FROM A HOT CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT.INJ.RT.HAND WHEN AT BEAUTY SALON & GRABBED A HOT CURLING IRON. DX; MINOR RT.HAND BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT HEAD WAS BURNED WITH A HAIR STRAIGHTENER AT BEAUTY SHOP TODAY DX// BURN SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWOLLOWED A HAIRPIN CLIP DX; METAL CLIP IN GI TRACT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 60 YO F CELLULITIS FROM BURN ON UPPER ARM FROM CURLING IRON PT WAS ADMITTED* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED EYEBALL WITH CURLING IRON CORNEAL THERMAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | Age: 61 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 |
| CORNEAL BURN-HIT EYE W/ HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ABRASED THUMB WITH HAIRPIN AT PERSONEL CARE HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| CORNEA BURN: USING CURLING IRON, BLINKED, CAUGHT EYEBALL WITH CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 61 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS CURLING HAIR WITH CURLING IRON AND DROPPED IRON INTO EYE DX: THERMAL INJ RT EYE - CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DX SUPERFICIAL BURN TO CHEST: S/P CURLING IRON TO UPPER CHEST WHILE CURLING HER HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52 Y/O F INJURED R EYE WHILE USING CURLING IRON AT HOME. DX; R CORNEAL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT CLEANING OUT HER EARS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WITH A BOBBY PIN PAIN IN EAR SINCE THEN OTITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| PT TRIMMING TREES 2 DAYS AGO & FELT FOREIGN BODY ENTER EAR. TRIED TO RE MOVE IT W/ A BOBBY PIN. EAR ABRASION NOTED IN EXAM BUT NO FB. D:OTALGIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WITH BURNS TO FACE FROM CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO BREAST WITH HOT CURLER DX: BURN TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT ACCIDENTLY GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON WITH R HAND DX BLISTERS 2ND DEGREE BURN PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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