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Accidents - Hair clippers and trimmers - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 752
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Neck:184Finger:170
Face:111Ear:106
Head:78Toe:61
Pubic Region:16Lower Trunk:16
Eyeball:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/21/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT'S BROTHER WAS CUTTING HIS HAIR WITH CLIPPERS, PT MOVED HIS HEAD AND WAS ACCIDENTLY CUT ON LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2003Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
LAC TO CHIN WHEN USING BEARD CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers, Counters or countertops
HAIR CLIPPER FELL OFF COUNTER HIT TOE DX: L 5TH TOE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2003Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers, Razors or shavers
DX:CONTAC DERMATITIS SCALP. CUT HIS HAIR USING A TRIMMER THEN SHAVING H IS HEAD WITH A RAZOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
LEFT THUMB LAC, PT WAS FIXING HAIR CLIPPERS AND INJURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DOG BITE WITH LACERATION L 4TH DISTAL FINGER WITH REPAIR, TRIMMING DAUGHTER'S COCKER SPANIAL DOG, DOG TURNED AROUND AND BIT FINGER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
USING ELECTRIC EAR HAIR CLIPPER AND LAC EARLOBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT RUBBING EYE SINCE MOM CUT HIS HAIR YESTERDAY; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT C/O RASH ON NECK AFTER CLIPPERS USED IN BARBER SHOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2003Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
USED ELECTRIC CLIPPERS ON PUBIC HAIR/FOLLICULITIS NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
67YOF-DERMATITIS BACK OF NECK-BROKE OUT AFTER HAVING HAIR CLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT CUT WITH HAIR CLIPPERS; LAC EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
RT ANTERIOR EPISTAXIS-CUT WHILE SOMEONE WAS TRIMMING NOSE HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: 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
PTS.FATHER REPORTED WHILE CUTTING PTS.HAIR CLIPPER SLIPPED PT.SUSTAIN ABRASION TO FOREHEAD AND NOSE. DX-ABRASION FACIAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT WITH KNOT ON NECK AFTER GETTING HAIR CUT; FOLLICULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2003Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
UNKNOWN FB IN VAGINA OR RECTUM X 2 DAYS.PER PT NOSE CLIPPERS INSERTED IN RECTUM BY B-FRIEND WHILE EPISODE OF "WILD SEX"DX RECTAL FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2003Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
NECK PAIN & ITCHING - STARTED AFTER RECENT HAIR CUT ACUTE CERVICAL CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
HEAD CONTUSION, MOTHER STS PT CLIPPING HIS HAIR & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN, EYES EOMI, ENT NORMAL, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT CUT WITH EYEBROW TRIMMER; LAC THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
MOM CUTTING HAIR WITH CLIPPERS AND KNICKED EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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