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Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 50+ years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 931
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:342Upper Trunk:116
Head:89Hand:86
Upper Arm:80Ear:74
Finger:71Internal:40
Shoulder:14Face:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/30/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 10/20/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: 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: 08/30/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 08/22/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 08/12/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 07/24/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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: 07/17/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 06/30/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: 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: 06/29/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: 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: 06/11/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 06/02/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 05/31/2008Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 05/31/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 03/18/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 03/08/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 03/06/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 02/28/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 02/20/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 01/25/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: 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: 01/16/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 01/06/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: 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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