Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 50+ years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 662
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	415	Ear:	108
Internal:	62	Wrist:	31
Upper Trunk:	15	Face:	15
Hand:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
RIGHT EAR LAC, PT FELL WHEN TAKING HAIR ROLLERS OUT OF HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2009	Age: 52 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
52 Y/O F BURN EYE W/ CURLING IRON CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2009	Age: 63 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 HAIR WHEN CURLING IRON SLIPPED AND HIT EYEBALL DX- CORNEAL BUR N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2009	Age: 65 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
HOT CURLIJNG IRON TOUCHED LT EYE; VISION BLURRED; CLOUDING OF CORNEA DX; CORNEAL BURN LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
NASAL FB. PT WENT TO PUT A HAIR PIN IN HAIR BUT STUCK IT UP HER NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, First aid equipment
USED BOBBY PIN AND *** TO SCRATCH EAR DERMATITIS EXTERNAL EAR DERMATITIS EXTERNAL EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
CHEST BURN-HOT CURLING IRON FELL ON CHEST-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PICKED UP HOT CURLING IRON WITH HAND BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS BURNED ON CURLING IRON. DX: L WRIST PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PT PUT TIP OF HAIR PIN INTO EAR DX: FB EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
64 Y O F HIT SELF IN THE EYE W/ A HAIR CLIP PHOTOSENSITIVETY ABRASION RIGHT CORNEAL IRITIS TRAUMATIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 60 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
HITEYE WITH CURLING IRON DX CORNEAL ABRASION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2009	Age: 68 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 GOT HIT IN EYE WITH PIECE OF HAIR CLIP DX CORNEAL AB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/ HAIR BARRETTE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2009	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PT USED BOBBY PIN TO SCRATCH EAR, CONTUSION TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	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
SWALLOWED A BOBY PIN. DX-INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 56 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
56YOF ACCIDENTLY WHILE USING A CURLER IRON STRUCK CORNER OF RT EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2009	Age: 56 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
DX CORNEAL INJ, BURN: R EYE PAIN & REDNESS SP THERMAL BURN F IRON; ACC DROPPED CURL'G IRON IN R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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