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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 81
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/07/2007 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 11 MO OLD FEMALE BURNED RT HAND, & NECK WITH CURLING IRON; THE CORD WAS DANGLING DOWN, & IRON FELL ON PT. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TO NEC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2007 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GRABBED A HOT CURLER FROM BATHROOM AND HELD IT TO NECK "LIKE A PHONE". DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 10 M0 F- SWALLOWED PLASTIC HAIR CLIP@ HOME-FB REMOVED SP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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