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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 344
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PTS OLDER SIBLING PUT A HAIR TIE AROUND PTS L WRIST YEST. LEFT IT ON. M OM NOTICED L HAND SWOLLEN, RED MARK ON WRIST. DX L WRIST ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT FELL ASLEEP WITH SEVERAL HAIR BANDS ON WRIST AND WOKE UP WITH WRIST PAIN DX// RIGHT WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Knives |
| PT BURNED WRIST WITH FLAT IRON CURLING IRON LAST NIGHT. ALSO LACERATED FINGER WHILE DRYING KNIFE. D:2ND DEG BURN, WRIST, SUPERF. LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SUSTAINED A MINOR BURN TO L WRIST WHEN MOM ACCID. DROPPED HOT CURLIN G IRON ON HIM. NO BLISTERS. JUST BRUSHED HIM. DX 1ST DEG. BURN L WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT DROPPED HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENER ON WRIST DX// RIGHT WRIST BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT HAD A HAIR TIE AROUND HER L WRIST. DEVELOPED A SWOLLEN RED RASH AT T HE SITE MOVING UP ARM. HAS HX OF ADHESIVE ALLER. DX CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| TOUCHED A HOT CURLING IRON HAS BURNS TO (R) WRIST AND THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON;DX BURNED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SUS BURN TO WRIST AFTER GETTING HAND CAUGHT IN CURLING IRON% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED WRIST WITH CURLING IRON 2ND DEGREE BURN L WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS BURNED W/CURLING IRON. DX: BURN R WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT BURNED ARM ON GRANDMOTHER'S CURLING IRON YESTERDAY, LATER SCRAP ED TOP LAYER OF SKIN OFF WHILE PLAYING; WRIST BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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