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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 205
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED FINGERS ON CURLING IRON DX. FINGER BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT STATES SHE BURNT HER FINGER ON A CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 48YOF-2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER-DROPPED HOT CURLING IRON ONFI NGER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DX 3RD FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND: BOBBY PIN STUCK TO FINGER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Other fireplaces |
| DX:BURN TO FINGER OF RIGHT HAND. PT PICKED UP OLD FASHIONED CURLINGIRON THAT WAS IN A FIREPLACE FLAME HEAT IT. NO FIRE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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