Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 50+ years old - Year 2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,520
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Ear:	415	Eyeball:	313
Hand:	225	Lower Arm:	153
Upper Leg:	76	Neck:	76
Finger:	76	Head:	71
Face:	63	Upper Trunk:	32
Shoulder:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Asian
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
55 Y/O F INJURED FINGER ON CURLING IRON SPRAIN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
51 YO F, C/O RIGHT EAR PAIN, PT STATES USED METAL HAIR PIN TO REMOVE A BLACKHEAD, NOW SWELLING, DX OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
61YOF BURN TO FOREARM WITH HOT CURLING IRON DX: BURN TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 10/14/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
54YOF RT EAR BLEEDING AFTER PICKING EAR WAX OUT OF RT EAR WITH BOBBY PIN, AB RT EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2010	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
75YOF WITH HAND PAIN AFTER USING CURLING IRON ON HAIR DX: HAND STRAIN
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: 09/25/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
51YOF BURN TO ARM FROM CURLING IRON DX: BURN TO ARM
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: 08/26/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
59 YOF, SAT ON CURLING IRON BURN BACK OF THIGH, BURN LEG
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: 07/30/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
54YOF REACHING UP DOING HER HAIR IN BRAIDS AND COUGHED FORCEFULLY AND S TTRAINED CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
52YOF PICKED UP A CURLING IRON ON THE WRONG END 1ST DEGREE BURN OF HAND
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: 07/17/2010	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
78YOF ACUTE LEFT OTALGIA - CLEANING EAR WITH HAIRPIN; WHILE CLEANING EAR, SHE FELL ASLEEP, THINKS HAIRPIN IS STUCK IN EAR.
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

Date: 06/25/2010	Age: 69 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
69YOF WAS AT HOME, WHEN A HOT CURLING IRON FELL ON HAND CAUISNG PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TO RT HAND,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2010	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
64YOF PUTTING HAIR BRAIDS IN HER HAIR FOR A PONG TIME LAST NIGHT WITH A RMS ABOVE HEAD NOW NECK HURTS STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2010	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
69YOF USING A CURLING IRON AND STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2010	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
91 Y/O B/FM HAIR PIN IN EAR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2010	Age: 58 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
EXTERNAL OTITIS,R/O OCCULT EAR CANAL F.B.: 58YOF USING BOBBY PIN SCRAPING EAR, FELT SOMETHING HARD, STARTED DIGGING IT, SOME BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
58YOF W # OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS HX NASAL CONGESTION & COUGH AND PAINFUL B UMP TO SCALP WHERE WEARS BARRETTE IN HAIR DS U R I SCALP ABRAS CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2010	Age: 52 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
52YOF SUSTAINED BURN TO CHEST FROM CURLING IRON*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2010	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PERFORATED RT EARDRUM-53YOF C/O BLEEDING FROM RT EAR AFTER SHE ACCIDENT ALLY POKED IT WITH A HAIR PIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2010	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
53YOF BURNED LT EYELID WITH CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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