Accidents - Hair dryers - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,220
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	16
16-25 years old:	212
26-50 years old:	644
50+ years old:	340

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Neck:	334	All Of Body:	262
Finger:	216	Shoulder:	127
Upper Trunk:	90	Face:	75
Foot:	31	Eyeball:	16
Hand:	16	Lower Trunk:	15
Upper Leg:	15	Upper Arm:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PAIN AFTER DRYING HAIR NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
SYNCOPE,BRADYCARDIA,HYPOTENSION - NEAR SYNCOPE WHEN HAVING HAIR BLOWDRY ED AT BEAUTY SALON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
BLOWDRYING HAIR TODAY & DEVELOPED PAIN NECK/BACK. ACUTE RT TRAPEZIUS & COSTAL STRAIN W/ MUSCLE SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
B LOW DRYING HAIR AND EXACERBATED DJD IN UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
LEFT FOOT THERMAL BURN. PT DROPPED AN ELECTRIC HAIR DRYER ONTO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
PATIENT WAS DRYING HER HAIR WITH A BLOW DRYER NAD FELT SOMETHING PULL IN UPPER BACK. DX-UPPER BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/24/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
CERVICAL STRAIN-PAIN WHILE USING BLOW DRYER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
BURN NECK - 70 YOF WAS SITTING AT THE HAIR SALON UNDER A HAIR DRYER AND THE BACK OF HER NECK GOT BURNED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
PATIENT FELL ASLEEP WITH A BLOW DRYER IN HIS HAND SUSTAINED BURNS TO THIGHS. DX-2ND DEGREE BURNS THIGHS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair dryers
RT FOOT CONTUSION.PT DROPPED A HAIR DRYER ON FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PT WAS BLOW DRYING HAIR W/HEAD DOWN AND FLIPPED UP. DX: NECK STRAIN/SPASM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PAIN TO SHOULDER AFTER DRYING HAIR WITH DRYER DX: SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
THOR SPR. PT INJURED BACK BLOW DRYING HAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
PT BENT OVER BLOW DRYING HER HAIR. FLIPPED HEAD BACK UP & HAD NECK PAIN AT THE BASE OF HER SKULL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PT WAS BENDING OVER TO DRY HER HAIR WITH A HAIR DRYER WHEN SHE FELT A P ULL IN LOWER BACK STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Hair dryers
GOT A SHOCK WHEN PLUGGING IN BLOWDRYER/ BURN RT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
WAS BLOWING HAIR WITH HAIR BLOWER HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF PAIN...TRAIPEZIES MUSCLE STRAIN IN NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE - BECAME WEAK WHEN USING HAIR DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
38 YO FEMALE HAD NEAR SYNCOPE WHILE UNDER HAIR DRYER NEAR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hair dryers, Floors or flooring materials
WHEN HAIR DRYER GOT HOT PATIENT FELL TO FLOOR - FACIAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PT FLIPPED HEAD WHILE BLOW DRYING. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN/RADICULOPATHY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair dryers
LEFT EYE FB. PT WAS USING A BLOW DRYER AND GOT SOMETHING INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
38 YO F DRYING HAIR W/HAIR DRYER DEVELOPED PAIN IN SHOULDER SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair dryers
PT BLOW DRYING SONS HAIR WITH A HAIR DRYER CAUGHT LEFT THUMB ON THE MET AL BACK OF THE BLOWER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
87 YO F SITTING UNDER HAIR DRYER HAS SYNCOPAL EPISODE SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
"BLOW DRYER BLEW UP" DX: BILAT. THUMB BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair dryers
50 YO F USING HAIR DRYER BURN FACE BURN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair dryers
STATES SHE SLIPPED OVER HAIR DRYER AND INJURED HAND DX LT HAND ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
L UPPER CHEST, NECK & SHOULDER PAIN, STARTED WHILE BLOW DRYING HAIR DX: L TRAPEZIUS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
TURNED HEAD QUICKLY USING HAIR DRYER DX. C-STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
FELT POP IN NECK WHILE BLOW DRYING HER HAIR DX: NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
7 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CERVICAL STRAIN. PT WAS DRYING HER HAIR W/A HAIR DRYE R & WAS LEANING OVER & FELT A PULL IN HER NECK. E927
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
78 YO F PASSED UNDER HAIR DRYER SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
SYNCOPAL EPISODE - SYNCOPE WHEN GETTING OUT FROM UNDER HAIR DRYER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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