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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 950
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT BURNED THUMB ON CURLING IRON X2 WKS, NOW W/INCREASED PAIN, DARK REDD ISH BROWN DISCOLORATION AND BLISTER; BLISTERING DACTYLITIS OF THUMB |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/28/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT BURNED FINGER ON FLAT IRON AT HOME X2 DAYS, NOW W/SWELLING AND TENDE RNESS TO FINGER; PARONYCHIA OF FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/27/2008 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
CHILD GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON FOR A FEW SECONDS. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN, F INGERS. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
FINGER BURN-TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/05/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT ACCIDENTALLY GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON FROM WRONG END & BURNED LT FINGERS, 2 - 5 C/O SEVERE PAIN. DX - 2ND DEG BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT TOUCHED A FLAT IRON. DX: R THUMB BURN SECOND DEG. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
BURNED FINGER ON CURLING IRON. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
FINGER BURN-BURNED ON HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
CURLING IRON BURNED FINGERS WHEN SHE TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON DX: THERM AL BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT GRABBED HOT "FLAT IRON"(FOR HAIR), BURNED FINGERS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/02/2008 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
DX BURN L HAND MIDDLE FINGER SECOND DEGREE: PT TOUCHED HOT CURL'G IRON AT HOME TODAY & SUFFERED A BURN TO H L MIDDLE FINGER. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/26/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
PT STUCK A HAIR PIN IN AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET AND SUSTAINED A SUPERFICIAL BURN TO R 1ST, 2ND DIGITS. DX ELECTRICAL BURN FINGERS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
L THUMB BURNED ON CURLING IRON DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
BURN TO L INDEX FINGER ON CURLING IRON DX; THERMAL BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
GRABBED A CURLING IRON. DX BURN - FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/26/2008 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
FINGER LAC-CUT ON MOM'S HAIR CLIP-@ HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT BURNED LEFT 1ST DIGIT WHEN HE TOUCHED A HOT CURLING IRON. D: 2ND D EGREE BURN TO LEFT THUMB |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT BURNED FINGERS ON HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENING IRON THAT WAS ON HIGH SETTI NG. LPTMS. |
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Televisions |
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED METAL PART OF FLAT IRON WHEN PICKING IT UP WHILE WATCHING TV; 1ST DG BURNS OF 3RD/5TH FINGERS, 2ND DG OF 4TH |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TIPS OF L INDEX AND LONG FINGERS/1ST DEGREE BURN TIPS OF R INDEX AND LONG F: GRABBED MOM'S HAIR STRAIGHTEN'G TOOL |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
FINGER INJURY-CAUGHT FINGER IN A HAIR SCRUNCHIE-TWISTED FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT PUNCTURED FINGER WITH A BOBBY PIN AT HOME. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
FINGER BURN-GRABBED HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENER-@ HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
SUSTAINED BURN TO FINGERS WHEN SHE REACHED FOR CURLING IRON. NO FIRE. N O FIRE DEPARTMENT. BURN, RIGHT FINGERS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
BURNED FINGER ON CURLING IRON; BURNED FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
BURN TO R 3RD FINGER ON HAIR FLAT IRON DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
ABRASED THUMB WITH HAIRPIN AT PERSONEL CARE HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
BURNED THUMB ON HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENER BURN TO THUMB # |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/14/2008 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
19 MOM GRABBED HOT CURLING IRON SUSTAINING A 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT MI DDLE FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
BURNED FINGERS WITH CURLING IRON;DX THERMAL BURN FINGER |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/16/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT BURNED FINGER ON STRAIGHTENING CURL IRON AT HOME. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/14/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
ACCIDENTALLY GRABBED A HOT CURLING IRON BURNING A FINGER >>BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON DX: BURN LT 1ST - 3RD FINGERS |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
AT AUNTS HOUSE - GRABBED A HOT CURLING IRON. DX 1ST DEGREE BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/16/2008 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
THUMB BURN-BURNED ON AUNT'S STRAIGHTENING IRON-@ HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PT BURN TO LEFT INDEX FINGER FROM CURLING IRON |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 6 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 curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
PT STUCK A METAL BARRETTE INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLET- WOUNDS TO RT INDEX FINGER & THUMB. DX: ELECTRICAL BURNS TO RT INDEX FINGER & THUMB |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/18/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
PUT FINGER TIPS ON HAIR STRAIGHTENER. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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