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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 573
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 2 YOM BURMNED L KNEE W/CURLING IRON DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS AT HOME, KNELT ON A BROKEN HAIR CLIP CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Chairs |
| 1% 2ND DEGREE BURN R POSTERIOR POPLITEAL AREA:SITTING DOWN & FORGETTING SHE HAD HOT CURLING IRON ON CHAIR, BURN BACK OF RT LEG POPLITEAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2009 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| MOM WAS STRAIGHTENING BOYFRIEND'S HAIR AT HOME, PT JUMPED INTO LAP ON S TRAIGHTENING IRON; 2ND/3RD DEGREE KNEE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SAT ON BOBBY PIN ON KNEE DX: KNEE BOBBY PIN PUNCTURE WOUND/ REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO L KNEE W/CURLING IRON DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED L KNEE BURNED KNEE ON HOT CURLERS THAT CHILD LEFT IN BED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| KNEES BURNED-HOT CURLING IRON FELL ONTO KNEES-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT WAS BURNED ON THE LEFT KNEE WITH A FLAT IRON, WITH BLISTERING TO THE KNEE. DX-BURN TO LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PTS DAUGHTER DROPPED A CURLING IRON ONTO RIGHT KNEE SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURN TO L LEG AFTER KNEE TOUCHED CURLING IRON DX BURN 2ND DEGREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Chairs |
| WHILE GETTING INTO A CHAIR GOT A HAIR CLIP STUCK IN LEFT KNEE. DX-LEFT KNEE INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED KNEE ON CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| KNEELED ON A HAIRCLIP BY ACCIDENT, HAIR CLIP STUCK IN RIGHT KNEE. DX: F OREIGN BODY, RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2001 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2001 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/1999 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Counters or countertops |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/1999 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/1999 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/1997 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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