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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 46
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/19/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| BURNS TO BILAT THIGHS W/CURLING IRON DX: THIGH BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PT SAT ON HOT CURLING IRON AT HOME CAUSING BURN TO UPPER LEG DX: BURN TO THIGH BELOW BUTTOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DX 2ND DEG BURNS: PT W IRON'G HAIR, W THE CURL'G IRON FELL, BURN'G HEAR ARM AND R UPPER LEG . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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