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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 724
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT DX RT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - S/P BURNING OD WITH CURLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HIT EYE WITH HOT CURLING IRON DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION / SUPERFICIAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT HIT LT EYE ON CURLING IRON DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON TO EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: INJURED EYE WITH CURLING IRON AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 44 YO F BURN EYE W/CURLING IRON BURN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT. C/O BURN TO EYE FROM A CURLING IRON. C/O BLURRY VISION. DX. C0RNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 28YOF CURLING IRON SLIPPED AND BURNED R EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, R EY E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| WAS CURLING HAIR WHEN CURLING IRON SLIPPED HURT INSIDE OF EYELID. DX: THERMAL BURN (L) CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| R CORNEAL BURN/31YOF STRUCK EYE WITH CURLING IRON AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CURLING HAIR WITH CURLING IRON AND BURNED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS CURLING HER HAIR WITH A HOT CURLING IRON AT HOME WHEN SHE WAS ST ARTLED BY ONE OF HER KIDS TOUCHED THE IRON TO LEFT EYE- THERMAL BURN EY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED HER EYE W/CURLING IRON A FEW MINUTES PTA. DX BURN R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED EYEBALL WITH CURILING IRON/ CORNEAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 31 YO FEMALE BURNED LEFT EYE WITH CURLING IRON CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT.REPORTED LIFTING DAUGHTER & HAIR BOW STUCK HER IN RT.EYE C/O PAINRED NESS W/FOREIGN BODY SENSTION. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION RT.EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED LT EYE ON CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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