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Accidents - Hair clippers and trimmers - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 468
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:158Face:128
Eyeball:60Ear:53
Lower Trunk:16Hand:15
Neck:15Finger:15
Internal:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/12/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
MOTHER STATES THAT HIS R EAR WAS CUT BY CLIPPERS AT A BARBER SHOP TODAY . DX. R EAR ABRA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
FOREIGN BODY OF THE RECTUM- PT IS 4 MONTHS PREG. WAS MASTURBATING WITH A NOSE HAIR TRIMMER THAT HAS A BLADE ON IT-STILL RUNNING PT WENT TO OR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/26/2002Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
TRAUMATIC EPISTAXIS LEFT NARES, CLIPPING NASAL HAIRS WITH CLIPPERS AND ACCIDENTALLY NICKED NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT GOT SUNBURN ON SCALP 2 WEEKS AGO, 4-5 DAYS LATER HAD RASH WITH DRAINAGE, GREW WORSE AFTER HAIRCUT; KERION, TINEA CAPITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2002Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CHOKED AND PPOSSIBLE ASPIRATED ON HAIRCLIP.
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 08/19/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
REDNESS AND DRAINAGE TO LEFT EAR - CUT WITH CLIPPERS X1 WEEK AGO. D: CELLULITIS LEFT PINNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT. HAS ABRASION AT LT TEMPLE AREA CAUSED WHILE HE WAS GETTING A HAIRCUT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
HEAD LAC. STRUCK IN HEAD WITH ELECTRIC HAIR CLIPPERS.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
LT HAND DOG BITE-BITTEN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CUT DOGS HAIRAT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2002Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers, Manicuring devices
CONTUSION (L) EYELID, PT GOT STRUCK WITH A CLIPPER SWUNG BY BROTHER,C/O PAIN, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT SHAVED HEAD WITH CLIPPERS, SCALP RASH; TINEA CAPITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
44 YOM GETTING HAIRCUT NICKED BY HAIRCLIPPERS ABRASION NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT NICKED ON EAR BY EDGERS WHEN GETTING HAIR CUT AT BARBER SHOP 3 DAYS AGO; EAR ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2002Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CUT SELF WITH HAIR CLIPPERS DX. THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CORNEAL ABRASION (L) EYEBALL, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A HAIR CLIP AT HOME, C/O REDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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