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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 313
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/24/2010 | Age: 74 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 |
| 74 YOF SUS CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER SCRAPING HER EYE WITH A CURLING IRON% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2010 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 ABRASION - 65 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT EYE IRRITATION AND R EDNESS - ASSOC TRAUMA AS PATIENT DROPPED HER CURLING IRON ON EYE @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2010 | Age: 64 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 |
| 64 YOF SLIPPED AND HIT EYE W/CURLING IRON. DX: CORNEAL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2010 | Age: 65 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 |
| 65YOF, ACC STRUCK RT EYE WITH HOT CURLING IRON >>BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2010 | Age: 54 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 |
| 54YOF 40% BURN TO CORNEA DROPPED CURLING IRON WHEN FIXING HER HAIR AT H OME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2010 | Age: 54 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 |
| A 54 YOF WAS USING A CURLING IRON AND INJURED EYE. DX: RIGHT EYE CORNEAL BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2010 | Age: 58 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 |
| 58YOF-EYE BURN-ACCIDENTLY TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON ON EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2010 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| 80YOF, WAS USING CURLING IRON&ACC DROPPED IT BUMPING EYE >>CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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