Accidents - Hair clippers and trimmers - Year 2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,923
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	199
6-15 years old:	225
16-25 years old:	145
26-50 years old:	930
50+ years old:	422

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Ear:	368	Head:	320
Face:	309	Neck:	214
Finger:	172	Lower Arm:	76
Lower Leg:	76	Upper Arm:	76
Pubic Region:	69	Toe:	69
Upper Trunk:	63	Foot:	63
Upper Leg:	16	Lower Trunk:	15
Elbow:	5	All Of Body:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
62 YOM HAS A CUT IN HIS NOSE FROM THE NOSE HAIR CLIPPERS. DX NOSE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
13 YOM LACERATION TO RT. EAR AURICLE S/P CLIPPER SLIPPED AND CUT EAR.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
5YOM WITH RASH ON HEAD AFTER MOM TOOK HIM TO GET HAIRCUT; FOLLICULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
19 Y/O M CUT SCALP USING A HAIRCLIPPER LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2010	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
CUT WITH TOE NAIL CLIPPER SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA TOE 36 YO M #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
56 YO M, C/O NOSEBLEED, PT STATES HE WAS CUTTING NOSEHAIR WITH TRIMMER AND MAY HAVE CUT HIMSELF, DX NASAL ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2010	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
67 YOM WITH RT UPPER EAR LACERATION GETTING HAIR CUT AND WAS KNICKED WI TH HAIR CLIPPERS- DX-RT EAR PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2010	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
46 YOM ABSCESS TO NECK S/P HAIRCUT$
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2010	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
79YOM HAS LAC TO SEPTUM WHILE TRIMMING NOSE HAIR DX;* NOSE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2010	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
41 YOM DX LACERATION OF FOREHEAD - DUE TO HAIR CUTTER PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
3 YR M CUT WITH STRAIGHT BLADE DURING HAIR CUT;DX LACERATED FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
2YOM HAD RIGHT EAR NICKED WHILE GETTING HAIRCUT WITH TRIMMERS EAR LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2010	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
45 YOM PT WAS SLIGHTLY CUT WITH A HAIR TRIMMER WHILE GETTING A HAIR CUT ONE WEEK AGO. ABCESS NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
2 YOM DX FOREHEAD LACERATION - S/P BARBER ACCIDENTALLY CUT CHILD WITH CLIPPER ON FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2010	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
29 Y/O FEMALE ACCIDENTALLY CUT FOREARM WITH HAIR CLIPPER AT HOME DX; LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2010	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
44YOM ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED HAIR CLIPPERS ON LEFT SHIN AT HOME ABRASION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
3 YO M, PER MOTHER SHE WAS TRIMMING PT'S HAIR WHEN HE MOVED SUDDENYL AN D SHE CUT HIS LEFT EAR, DX EAR ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
58YOF,DEVELOPED ABCESS TO HER NECK /NAPE AREA S/P A RECENT HAIR CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
6 YOM PURITIC RASH TO SCALP AFTER GETTING A HAIR CUT AT THE BARBER SHOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2010	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
RASH-27YOF C/O RASH UNDER RT UPPER ARM AFTER USING A HAIR CLIPPER TO RE MOVE HAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2010	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DX LAC FINGER/LAC REPAIR/SPLINT APPLIED: 45YOBF 2 SM' LAC TO L DISTAL INDEX FINGER WHILE CUTTING HAIR W/ CLIPPERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
52 YOM MAY HAVE INFECTION FROM HAIR CLIPPERS FOLLICULITIS SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
62YOF SUSTAINED LAC TO FINGER WHEN SHE WAS USING A HAIR TRIMMER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DX SPRAIN BACK: 26YOF BEND' OVER TO CUT SON'S HAIR, FELT "POP" & SUDDEN ONSET SEVERE BP & UNABLE TO STAND FULLY. PN WORSE IN L LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
10YOM MOM CUTTING PATIENT'S HAIR AT HOME, FELT DIZZY, LIGHTHEADED, SEEI NG SPOTS; DIZZY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
59YOF LAC LT 2ND DIGIT WITH ELECTRIC SHEARS DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2010	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
15MOM HAD HAIR CLIPPED 2 WEEKS AGO, NOW WITH BUMPS ON SCALP; FOLLICULIT IS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
17YOM SHAVED HIS GENITAL AREA, WITH CLIPPERS, & GOT HIS SCROTUM CAUGHT- BLEEDING. DX; SCROTAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
6 YOM DX LT EAR ABRASION - PT HAD HAIR CUT EARLIER IN THE DAY,CLIPPING FOUND IN OUTER EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
4YOM WITH LAC TO EAR FROM HAIR CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
10 YOM, EAR CUT BY HAIR CLIPPERS WHILE GETTING HAIRCUT BUT FATHER DX: EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers, Counters or countertops
3YOF MOM WAS CUTTING FATHER'S HAIR, ELECTRIC CLIPPERS SLIPPED OFF COUNT ER ONTO PATIENT'S GREAT TOE, HAD JUST PUT NEW BLADES ON; TOE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2010	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers, Chairs
17MOM GETTING HAIR CUT AND LIFTED OUT OF CHAIR AT BARBER SHOP, NOT USIN G ARM; NURSEMAID'S ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2010	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
44YOM PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT FOOT S/P ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED A PAIR OF CLIPPERS ON FOOT WOND CARE PROVIDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2010	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
37YOM,ABSESS IN NOSE S/P NOSE HAIR CUT WITH FOREIGN BODY/CLIPPERS AT BARBER SHOP,PAIN WITH SWELLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2010	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
21YOM,DERMATITIS FOLLICULITIS S/P USING FATHERS CLIPPERS MULTIPLE UNK INSECT BITES TO HIS UPPER TRUNK ,ALSO HIS LEGS MODERATE ITCHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
38YOM,DERMATITIS/CONJUNCTIVITIS TO PUBIC REGION S/P HE SHAVE PUBIC HAIR WITH CLIPPERS,PINK RAISED SPOTS NOTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
A 52 YOM TO ER, STATES HAD HAIRCUT, FEELS BARBAR "BURNED" FACE WITH HAI R CLIPPERS, BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2010	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
69 YOM-PT WAS GETTING A HAIRCUT & L NNARE STARTED TO BLEED DX ACUTE ANTERIOR EPISTAXIS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
38YOM HAS BUMPS ON SCALP AFTER HAIRCUT AT BARBERSHOP FOLLICULITIS OF SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2010	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
46YOM DEVELOPED SWELLING BEHIND EARS AFTER GETTING A HAIRCUT CELLULITIS OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
38YOF, C/O LOCALIZED POST NECK SWELLING WITH SURROUNDING REDNESS S/P A CUT WITH HAIR CLIP A WK AGO VS AN INSECT BITE>>CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2010	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
28 YOM LACERATION ON FINGER BY HAIRCLIPPER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2010	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
27 YOF CUT THIGH WITH CLIPPERS WHILE TRIMMING HAIR ABRASION THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2010	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
92YOM HAD (L) EAR CLIPPED BY BARBER, PT ON ***, EAR WILL NOT STOP BLEED ING DX;# ABRASION (L) EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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