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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 170
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/24/2006 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO ANTERIOR THIGH - MOM STATES "SHE SAT ON A CURLING IRON "(BY ACCIDENT). |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| TRIPPED AND FELL ON A CURLING IRON. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN UPPER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNS 2ND DEGREE R THIGH, PT DROPPED A HOT CURLING IRON AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| @ BABYSITTERS, LEG CAUGHT IN FLAT IRON FOR HAIR, BURN W/BLISTERS TO THI GH & CALF, 2ND DEGREE <10%BSA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO LT LEG, WITH CURLING IRON, AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE DX: BURN TO LT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT WAS BURNED ON THIGH FROM HOT HAIR CURLERS DX; 1ST DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CURLING IRON FELL ON PATIENT'S LEG YESTERDAY; 2ND DEGREE UPPER/LOWER LE G BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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