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Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - Year 2009 - Upper Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 207
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Date: 10/31/2009Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PULLED ON A CURLING IRON, AT HOME, & IT FELL ONTO HIS CHEEK, & RT ARM. PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO RT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED RT UPPER ARM WITH A FLAT IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2009Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
FELL ON CURLING IRON. DX BURNS TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN R UPPER BICEPS: BURN TO R UPPER BICEPS WITH STRAIGHTENING IRON, IT WAS CLAMPED AROUND BICEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2009Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Mirrors or mirror glass
PT WAS LOOKING INTO BATHROOM MIRROR AT HOME WHEN MOMS HOT CURLING IRON FELL ONTO HER L UPPER ARM. BLISTERING BURNS. DX THERM BURN L UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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