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Accidents - Wigs, falls or hairpieces - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 169
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:76
16-25 years old:15
50+ years old:76
Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:76Face:76
Neck:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/13/2002Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
SCALP DERMATITIS-PT C/O ITCHING AND SORES ON HEAD AND NECK X 2 WEEKS, S INCE GETTING HAIR EXTENSIONS PUT IN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces, Adhesives
15YOF-LACERATION FOREHEAD-REMOVED WEAVE CAP-TOO MUCH GLUE-CUT FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wigs, falls or hairpieces
PATIENT SUSTAINED NECK PAIN AFTER WEARING A WIG. DX-NECK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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