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Accidents - Hair clippers and trimmers - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 494
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:148Finger:146
Ear:101Toe:30
Pubic Region:20Face:15
Lower Trunk:15Hand:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/05/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
14 YO MALE'S MOM CUT HAIR WITH CLIPPERS AT HOME LYMPHADENOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT WAS CUT BY HAIR CLIPPERS. DX: R HAND LAC 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2006Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
TOE AB-INJURED ON TOENAIL CLIPPERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2006Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT WAS TRYING TO TRIM HIS NOSE HAIRS AND CLIPPED A SUPERFICIAL VEIN BELOW HIS NOSE AND CONTINUED TO BLEED. DX-LACERATION, UNDER NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2006Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
WAS CLIPPING SCROTAL HAIR 1 WEEK AGO,NOW PAIN ABSCESS SCROTUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2006Age: 23 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
EAR WAS CUT WITH BARBER CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2006Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CLIPPED NAILS VERY CLOSE, NOW C FIGNER PAIN " PARONYCHIA"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2006Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A THUMB FROM HAIR CLIPPERS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO EAR WHILE GETTING A HAIRCUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT SHAVED HEAD BALD WITH A SET OF DIRTY POWER HAIR CLIPPERS NOT THE SCA LP IS INFECTED CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
RIGHT 2ND TOE CELLULITIS. PT CUT TOE WHEN CUTTING NAILS WITH CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2006Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT WAS STANDING WHILE HAVING HER HAIR CUT, SHE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING TOP OF HER HEAD. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA WITH SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
18 YO MALE USED CLIPPERS ON SCROTUM HAIR AND INNER THIGH FOLLICULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
STRUCK IN HEAD W/HAIR CLIPPERS BY RESIDENT @RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY-L ACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2006Age: 47 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
PT WITH PAINFUL HEAD DUE TO DIRTY CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2006Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CUT TO EAR WHILE HAVING A HAIR CUT EAR AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2006Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT HAS A STAPH INFECTION IN HIS HEAD DUE TO HIS HAIR CLIPPERS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 05/09/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
HEAD DERMATITIS, PT W/ALLERGIC REACTION, GETTING A HAIR CUT, BLEEDING CUTS, REDNESS, RASHES ON FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT WAS USING HAIR CLIPPERS TO TRIM PTS PUBIC REGION. MOM LAC SCROTAL A RE. PT HAS A SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL HISTORY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT LAC LT MIDDLE FINGER WHILE CUTTING HAIR WITH CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DX: DEVELOPED RASH ON SCALP WHICH SPREAD TO NECK AND FACE AFTER GETTING A HAIR CUT WITH HAIR CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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