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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 162
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/25/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| BLISTERS TO SCALP AFTER USING BLOW DRYERCHEMICAL BURN TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hair dryers, Floors or flooring materials |
| MOM WAS BLOW DRYING PT'S HAIR, PT'S WAS STANDING, SHE GOT HOT AND FELL TO THE FLOOR FACE DOWN. HAD SEIZURE. DX. CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2003 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers, Floors or flooring materials |
| 83 YO FEMALE WAS UNDER HAIR DRYER AT HAIRDRESSER AND GOT DIZZY FELL TO FLOOR - BRADYCARDIA - CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| CAUGHT IN HAIRDRYER-DX-MINOR HEAD INJURY 2 CM SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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