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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 67
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/31/2006 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PULLED HAIR DRYER DOWN ON HEAD DX: HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PT HIT HER HEAD ON A HAND DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| CUT HEAD WITH HAIR DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PT WAS BURNED BY HAIR DRYER AT SALON. DX: PARTIAL BURN SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HEAD: USING HAIR DRYER TOO CLOSE TO SCALP AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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