Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 26-50 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,996
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	860	Ear:	357
Foot:	205	Finger:	119
Face:	101	Lower Arm:	74
Head:	69	Upper Leg:	58
Lower Trunk:	33	Hand:	32
Upper Trunk:	16	Upper Arm:	16
Neck:	16	Internal:	15
Shoulder:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURN FOREHEAD WITH CURLING IRON DX BURN TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 34 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 EYE ON CURLING IRON. DX- CORNEAL BURN R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED FOREARM WITH CURLING IRON 2 DAYS AGO. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN, FOR EARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2004	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
BURNED RT EYE W/ CURLING IRON THIS AM. ACUTE CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN TO ARM WHEN TOUCHED A HOT CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2004	Age: 50 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
CAUGHT RIGHT EYE WITH CURLING IRON WHILE STYLING HER HAIR DX:CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT WAS CLEANING HIS EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN. INJURED EAR DRUM. DX-PERFORATED EAR DRUM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Nonelectric razors or shavers
CARVING CHINESE HAIR STICK W/A RAZOR, SLIPPED AND CUT L THUMB OPEN. D X. LAC L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
CORNEAL ABRASION, PT SUST INJURY WITH A HOT CURLING IRON AT HOME, WEARING CONTACT LENSES, C/O PAIN, TEARING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 33 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
BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON/ CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2004	Age: 29 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
BURNED L EYE W/CURLING IRON DX: CORNEAL BURN OS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 44 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
LT CORNEAL BURN-@ HOME-HIT EYE W/ HOT CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
RT FOOT EDEMA-STEPPED ON A HAIR PIN AND PIN ENTERED FOOT AT BALL. WENT IN 1/2 INCH. C/O THROBBING PAIN AND SWELLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STATES SHE BURNT HAND WITH CURLING IRON DX BURN TO LT HAND
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS TAPPED ON SHOULDER WITH CURLING IRON WHICH WAS ACCIDENTLY HOT, S USTAINED "IST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN OF THE SHULDER"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STUCK BOBBY PIN IN EAR OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED HAIR PIN THAT SHE HAD IN MOUTH WHILE LAUGHING, FB INGESTIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2004	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: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SCRAPED EAR WITH HAIRPIN WHILE TRYING TO GET BUG OUT OF EAR, LACERAT ION TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
LACERATION HEAD - PATIENT FELL ONTO GROUND AND HER BARRETTE CUT INTO HE R HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2004	Age: 32 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
BURNED RT EYE W/ CURLING IRON. ACUTE BURN RT EYE CORNEA & 1ST DEGREE BU RN RT EYE PERIORBITAL AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN TO L LEG WITH CURLING IRON LAST PM DX 1ST DEGREE BURN L THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2004	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: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT TRIED TO CLEAN EAR WITH BOBBYPIN, INJURED EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT USING BOBBIE PIN TO CLEAN EAR (PT PUSHED TO FAR IN EAR WHEN CHILD JU MPED ON BED SHE WAS SITTING ON. DX: PERFORATED L TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PAIN TO FOOT STEPPED ONTO HAIR TIE DX: CONTUSION TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
BURN IN CORNEA RT EYE, HOT CURLING IRON SLIPPED INTO EYE TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2004	Age: 42 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
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN A HAIR CURLER FELL AND STRUCK EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2004	Age: 42 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
CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/ CURLING IRON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 45 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
RT CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/A HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PATIENT BURNED HER EYE WITH A CURLING IRON. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PRESENTS WITH DULL ACHING PAIN IN RIGHT EAR - DECREASED HEARING - ONSET AFTER USING HAIRPIN TO "DIG" IN EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2004	Age: 45 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
R CORNEAL BURN.PT BURNED EYE WHILE USING A CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
LOW BACK BURN.PT WAS USING A CURLING IRON ON BACK OF HAIR AND DROPPED I T AND IT BURNED PTS BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
T C/O CURLING IRON BURN TO LT EYE -JUST BELOW. PT DX FACIAL BURN(SUPERFICIAL).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED SELF WITH CURLING IRON DX. NECK BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2004	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
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY POKED HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH A HAIR CLIP. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2004	Age: 41 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: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT USED EAR DROPS AND DUG IN EAR WITH BOBBY PIN, DEV PAIN, DX CERUMEN I MPACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
GRABBED HOT END OF CURLING IRON TODAY. 2ND DEGREE BURNS 2, 3, 4 & 5 FIN GER TIPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT REPORTS CURLING IRON SLIPPED OUT OF HAND, FALLING CAUSING BURN TO BREAST AND STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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 C/O CURLING IRON FELL IN EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION LFT EYE,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED R EYE WITH CURLING IRON. DX: CORNEAL BURN RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED SELF WITH CURLING IRON DX. UPPER ARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Floors or flooring materials
FOOT INJURY W/ INFECTION-STEPPED ON HAIR BARRETTE ON CARPETED FLOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
32 Y.O. W FEMALE W/EAR CONTUSION. PT WAS CLEANING HER EAR OUT W/A BOBBY PIN & STUCK IT TOO FAR @ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
GRABBED CURLING IRON DX. HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2004	Age: 50 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
PATIENT BURNED HER RIGHT EYE WITH HOT CURLERS AT HOME. DX-CORNEA AND UPPER LID BURN,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SUST. BURN TO ABDOMEN FROM CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2004	Age: 38 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
CORNEAL ABRASION (R) EYEBALL, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A HOT CURLING IRO N AT HOME, C/O SEVERE PAIN, REDNESS, DISCHARGES, EOM INTACT, PUPIL INT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2004	Age: 46 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 WAS PUTTING IN A HAIR TIE WHEN IT SNAPPED BACK STRIKING HER IN THE R IGHT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED EAR W/CURLING IRON 3 DAYS AGO. DX: L EAR BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 43 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
CORNEAL AB TO RT EYE FROM CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PICKED UP THE WRONG END OF CURLING IRON DX RT FINGER BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT HAD HAIR CLIP GREEN PLASTIC "EXPLODE" IN HANDS AND POSSIBLY PIECE HI T EYE. D: POSSIBLE CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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