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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 611
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
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: 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: 07/22/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SUSTAINED BURN TO FINGER ON CURLING IRON. BURN, RIGHT THUMB. NO FIRE; N O FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED THUMB ON A FLAT IRON 6 DAYS AGO. REDNESS, SWELLING. D: BURN, THUMB CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2005 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT LAC 4TH FINGER WITH HAIR CURLER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2004 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 67 YO MALE PICKED UP HOT CURLING IRON THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND LEFT ON PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNT FINGER ON A CURLING IRON AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED FINGER ON CURLING IRON 3 DAYS AGO AND HAS RED STREAK. DX: CELLULITIS L INDEX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| =58YOF BURN TO FINGERS ON CURLING IRON AT COTTAGE DX/2ND DEGREE BURN TO FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2001 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2000 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/1997 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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