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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,037
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
Date: 06/23/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Pins and needles |
17YOF STATES SCRATCHES INSIDE EARS W/STRAIGHT PINS OR BOBBY PINS, HAS E AR PAIN; OTITIS EXTERNA D/T TRAUMA |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/05/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA: 23YOM (2) DAYS AGO FELT LIKE BUG WAS IN HIS EAR, USED BOBBY PIN TO TRY TO GET INSECT OUT, C/O PAIN R EAR |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/26/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
16 YR OLD BLACK FEMALE DX ACUTE OTITIS EXTERNA/ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS S/P HX OF USING HAIR PIN TO CLEAN EARWAX X4 DAYS AGO. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/05/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
REPORTS GIRLFRIEND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN HIS EAR WITH BOBBY PIN LAST PM, T ODAY WOKE UP WITH>>OTALGIA |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/20/2009 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
STUCK BOBBY PIN INTO EAR FOR ITCHINESS, NOW WITH PAIN&YELLOWISH D/C >>PERFORATED TEMPANIC MEMBRANE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/03/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PERFORATED TM-CHILD PUT A BOBBY PIN IN HER EAR |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/04/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT STUCK BOBBY PIN IN EAR TO CLEAN EAR. DX EAR PAIN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/07/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT RUBS HER EAR WHEN SHE GETS NERVOUS. WAS DOING THIS W/ A HAIR BEAD IN HER HAND. GOT BEAD STUCK IN HER R EAR. DX R EAR FB |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT CLEANING HIS EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN ANDC DEVELOPED AN OTITIS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/06/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT CLEANING EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN AND IT GOT PUSHED IN + BLEEDING DX// FB RIGHT EAR |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/14/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR ABRASION TO EAR WHEN USING ABOBBY PIN TO SCRATCH D EEP IN EAR WHEN SOMEONE STRUCK HER ELBOW |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/26/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
LEFT EAR PAIN AFTER TRYING TO CLEAN EAR OUT WITH HAIR PIN. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/28/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
C/O L EAR BLEEDING, WAS CLEANING EAR W/BOBBY PIN. DX. ABRA L TM. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/19/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT TRYING TO REMOVE EAR WAX FROM HIS LEFT EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN AND SUST AINED A PW TO EAR DRUM |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/11/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PATIENT USED A BOBIBE PIN TO SCRATCH INSIDE EAR. DX-RUPTURED TYMPANUM MEMBRANE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/02/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
EAR BURN-BURN ON A STRAIGHTENING IRON-@ SALON |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/09/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
EAR PAIN USING BOBBY PIN TO CLEAN EAR-ACUTE RT OTITIS MEDIA |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/03/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
EAR FB-PUT A BEAD FROM HAIR INTO EAR-@ HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/24/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT C/O FOREIGN BODY SENSAION S/P PATIENT USED A HAIR PIN IN EAR. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/16/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT PULLED HAIR CLIP OUT OF HAIR CUTTING HER RT EAR, LACERATION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/13/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
21 YO FEMALE'S DAUGHTER STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN LEFT EAR PERFORATED EAR DRUM |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
LACERATION EAR - PATIENT REPORTS LEFT EAR PAIN AFTER TRYING TO REMOVE F LY IN EAR WITH HAIRPIN - EAR LACERATION DUE TO REMOVAL EFFORTS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/20/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PATIENT PUT BOBBY PIN IN EAR TO POKE WAX, EAR PAIN; OTITIS EXTERNA |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
LAC EAR DIGGING IN IT WITH BOBBY PIN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT. WAS CLEANING OUT HIS EAR WITH A HAIRPIN WHEN THE TIP CAME OFF INHIS EAR, RESULTING IN FOREIGN BODY OF THE EAR- REMOVED |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/02/2001 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, First aid equipment |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/11/2001 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/20/2000 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/10/1999 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/04/1999 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/09/1999 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Hot water |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/09/1999 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/05/1999 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, First aid equipment |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/16/1998 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/08/1997 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/11/1997 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/15/1997 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/13/1997 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/02/1997 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/29/1997 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/18/1997 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/02/1997 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/14/1997 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/20/1997 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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