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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,259
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
Date: 12/25/2010 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.47YOF WAS USING A CURLING IRON AND HIT EYE. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 12/19/2010 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
19 MOM FELL ON A PLASTIC HAIR STRAIGHTENER, AT HOME, & HURT EYE DX; HYPHEMA |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/24/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
A 7 YR OLD FEMALE HIT HER EYE WITH HAIR BARRETT DX EYE PAIN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/13/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
48 YOF SUSTAINED A CORNEAL BURN WHILE USING A CURLING IRON AT HOME. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 11/04/2010 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
42 YOF DX CORNEAL ABRASION - S/P DUE TO DIRECT TRAUMA AT HOME,PT GOT BURNT WITH CURLING IRON TONIGHT. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/24/2010 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
74 YOF SUS CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER SCRAPING HER EYE WITH A CURLING IRON% |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 10/08/2010 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
CORNEAL ABRASION - 65 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT EYE IRRITATION AND R EDNESS - ASSOC TRAUMA AS PATIENT DROPPED HER CURLING IRON ON EYE @ HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/10/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
20YOF SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURN TO THE EYE WITH A HAIR IRON@ |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/10/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
26YOF YANKED ON THE CORD OF A FLAT IRON AND IT FLEW INTO EYE RUPTURE EY EBALL |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/09/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
8 YR F POKED EYE WITH HAIR BARRETTE;DX EYE ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 09/05/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
6YOF ABR EYE W/ BARRETTE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/28/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
64 YOF SLIPPED AND HIT EYE W/CURLING IRON. DX: CORNEAL BURN. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/25/2010 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
65YOF, ACC STRUCK RT EYE WITH HOT CURLING IRON >>BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/21/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
23YOF HEAT BURN TO CORNEA DROPPED CURLING IRON ON EYE AT HOME* |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/20/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
8YOF PT ACCID STRUCK HERSELF IN R EYE W/ HER CURLING IRON. PAIN, REDNES S TO EYE. DOESNT WANT TO OPEN EYE. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/17/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
54YOF 40% BURN TO CORNEA DROPPED CURLING IRON WHEN FIXING HER HAIR AT H OME* |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 08/10/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
3 YO FEMALE FELL ONTO FACE AND A BARRETTE WENT INTO EYE. DX EYE EMERGE NCY |
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
Date: 08/07/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
A 54 YOF WAS USING A CURLING IRON AND INJURED EYE. DX: RIGHT EYE CORNEAL BURN. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/30/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
48YOBF PT BURNED L EYE W/ CURLING IRON WHEN SHE DROPPED THE IRON AND I T HIT HER IN THE EYE. DX. L CORNEAL BURN, ABRASION. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/19/2010 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
58YOF-EYE BURN-ACCIDENTLY TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON ON EYE-@ HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/16/2010 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
80YOF, WAS USING CURLING IRON&ACC DROPPED IT BUMPING EYE >>CORNEAL ABR |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 07/14/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
22 YOM DX ULCER TO SCLERA - POKED INTO THE EYE W/A HAIR PIN X5 HRS AGO. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/14/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
DX CORNEAL INJ: 19YOF SCRATCH' R EYE W/ BOBBYPIN PUTT' ARTIFICIAL EYELASHES ON. FEELS EYE SCRATCH' |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/09/2010 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
50YOF WAS ACCIDENTALLY POKED IN R EYE BY FRIENDS HAIR PIN DX- CORNEAL ABRA, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMATOMA |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 06/09/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
2 YOM WAS PLAYING W/HAIR CLIP AND SCRATCHED EYE. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/28/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
26YOF TOUCHED LT EYE WITH CURLING IRON DX: CORNEAL BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/25/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
6YOF HAS MILD EYE PAIN, BLURRY VISION AFTER A HAIR CLIP HIT HER L EYE D X: L CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/14/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
15YOF CURLING HAIR WITH CURLING IRON, IRON SLIPPED OUT OF HAND HITTING IN EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 05/02/2010 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
EYE BURN-50YOF-HIT EYE W/A CURLING IRON-@ HOME |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/28/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
9 Y/O FEMALE POKED SELF IN EYE WITH BARRETT AT SCHOOL DX: SMALL RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/27/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
36 YOF BURN TO EYE FROM CURLING IRON |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/23/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
9 YO FEMALE POKED IN EYE BY A HAIR CLIP. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/18/2010 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
2OMOF TURNED HEAD INTO CURLING IRON DX: CORNEAL BURN, FACIAL BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 04/07/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
5 YO FEMALE POKED IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC BARRETTE IN SCHOOL. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/06/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
USING CURLING IRON AND POKED SELF IN EYE 22 YO FEMALE CORNEAL ABRASION # |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/06/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
STUCK HAIRPIN IN EYE 8 YO F CORNEAL ABRASION # |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 03/02/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
48YOF HIT SELF IN EYE WITH A WARM CURLING IRON LAST NIGHT. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION.* |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/27/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
17 YOF WHEN CURLING BANGS, ACCIDENTALLY TAPPED HER CURLING IRON TO HERE YE THEN DROPPED IT. DX: EYE BURN |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/25/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
16 YR OLD BLACK FEMALE DX LT CORNEAL ABRASION TODAY WHILE CURLING HAIR. |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 02/07/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
3YOM POKED IN EYE W/PLASTIC HEADBAND OR PLASTIC HAIR CLIP, NOW W/EYE PA IN AND REDNESS; CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
Date: 01/17/2010 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
48YFC WENT TO HUG DAUGHTER AND DAUGHTERS HAIR PIN SCRATCHED EYE ABRASION |
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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