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Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - Year 2010 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,259
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Date: 12/25/2010Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 12/19/2010Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 11/24/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 11/13/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 11/04/2010Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 10/24/2010Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 10/08/2010Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 09/10/2010Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 09/10/2010Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 09/09/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 09/05/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/28/2010Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/25/2010Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/21/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/20/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/17/2010Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/10/2010Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/07/2010Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 07/30/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 07/19/2010Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 07/16/2010Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 07/14/2010Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 06/14/2010Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 06/09/2010Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 06/09/2010Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 05/28/2010Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 05/25/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 05/14/2010Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 05/02/2010Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/28/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/27/2010Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/23/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/18/2010Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/07/2010Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 03/06/2010Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 03/06/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 03/02/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 02/27/2010Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 02/25/2010Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 02/07/2010Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 01/17/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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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