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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 266
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/05/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PT POKED HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH A CURLING IRON DX// RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION AND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT HIT WITH HAIR CLIP; EYE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 16YFC TOUCHED EYE WITH HOT CURLING IRON/BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURN RIGHT EYE INSIDE WITH CURLING IRON DX: CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACC BURNT EYE ON A CURLING IRON THIS AM " CONJ INJECTION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT C/O HOT CURLING IRON FELL IN HER EYE WHILE CURLING HER HAIR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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