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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 267
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Counters or countertops |
| 15MOM PULLED MOM'S CURLING IRON OFF BATHROOM COUNTER ONTO LOWER LEG; 1S T/2ND DEGREE BURN TO CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| A 4 YOF HAD HOT HAIR CURLERS FALL ON PTS LEG AT HOME, BURN TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 4YOF GOT STUCK IN LT CALF, WITH A BOBBY PIN, IT WENT IN QUITE A WAYS. DX: CALF TRAUMA- PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2010 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 20 M M BURNED LOWER LEG WITH CURLING IRON;DX BURNED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Windowsills or frames |
| 2YOM, MOM USING FLAT IRON TO STRAIGHTEN HAIR, PLACED IT ON WINDOSILL&WE NT TO BATHROOM, LATER FD PT CRYING WITH IRON ON HIS LEG>>BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2010 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 11 MONTH M PULLED CORD OF MOM'S CURLING IRON 3 DAYS AGO AND WAS BURNED ON LEG. NOW WITH FEVER. DX:FEVER, UNKNOWN SOURCE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2010 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 12MOM WALKED ON A HAIR STRAIGHTENER AND BURNT RIGHT LEG AND FOOT. DX: 1 ST/2ND DEGREE BURNS OF RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 3 YO F TRIPPED FELL ON CURLING IRON AT HOME. DX LOWER LEG BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2010 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CALF BURN-19MOM-TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 2 YR M BURNED LOWER LEG ON CURLING IRON;DX BURNED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2010 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 23 MO FEMALE BURNED LEG ON A CURLING IRON. DX 1ST DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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