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Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 26-50 years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,198
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:1,049Ear:288
Hand:188Face:159
Lower Arm:99Upper Leg:83
Pubic Region:76Neck:75
Foot:68Shoulder:31
Lower Leg:15Lower Trunk:15
All Of Body:15Mouth:15
Finger:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
FOOT INFECTION: STEPPED ON HAIR CLIP 2 DAYS AGO, PUNCTURE WOUND RT FOOT STATES RED STREAK COMING FROM WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/27/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED RT EYE WITH CURLING IRON DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED R FOREARM WITH HOT CURLING IRON 2ND DEGREE THERMAL BURN R FOREARM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT STATES A CURLING IRON WAS LEFT ON, STARTED A FIRE IN BATHROOM, INHALED SMOKE & HAS ASTHMA. FD PRES NOT MENTIONED. DX-INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
HAND BURN-BURNED ON HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
C/O PT STATES ACCIDENTLY BURNT SELF WITH CURLING IRON DX THERMAL BURN TO RT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
GRABBED WRONG END OF CURLING IRON DX: BURN LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
DROPPED CURLING IRON ON EYE, " IRITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT USING A CURLING IRON AT HOME, HIT HER RT EYE WITH IT, THERMAL BURN R T EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
WHILE USING HAIR PIN TO CLEAN EAR, SON BUMPED PT, CAUSING PT TO PUSH PI N INTO EAR, TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
LOWER LEG BURN-HIT LEG W/ CURLING IRON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2005Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
LEFT EAR PAIN-C/O EAR PAIN AFTER SCRATCHING IT WITH A HAIRPIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT BURNED HAND WITH CURLING IRON. DX-BURN RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
OTITIS EXTERNA-CLEANING EAR OUT W/A BOBBY PIN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT CURLING HER HAIR WITH A CURLING IRON WHEN SHE ACCIDENTLY TOUCHED HER RIGHT EYE WITH THE IRON THERMAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN TO L LEG W/CURLING IRON DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN L LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PAIN TO EYE STUCK SELF WITH HAIR PIN DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CORNEAL ABRASION RT EYE-BURNED RT EYE WITH A CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
USING CURLING IRON ON HAIR AND IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK EYE SCLERAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
39 YEAR OLD MALE CLEANED LEFT EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN LEFT OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT POKED IN EAR BY HAIR PIN BY CHILD AT HOME LT EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
INJURED EAR WITH BOBBY PIN DX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2005Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
RT HAND BURN.PT BURNED HAND ON A CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN EYE ON HOT CURLING IRON RIGHT EYE BURN W/ CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Day wear
HAD A CURLING IRON,HOT, FALLNE ON SHOLDER, SLIPPED THRU THE DRESS. " SHOULDER BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
28YFC BURNED THIGH WITH A CURLING IRON/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SAT ON A FLAT IRON AT HOME, BURN TO BUTTOCK(HAIR IRON?)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EYE BURNED WITH CURLING IRON DX 1ST DEGREE BURN R CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNT SHOULDE ON HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENING IRON, " SHOULDER BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
37YOBF-BURN LEFT EYELID-BURNED WITH CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
1. 47 YOF BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2005Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
32YOF-LACERATION VAGINA AREA-CONDUM STUCK-TRIED TO REMOVE WITH A BOBBY PIN-CUT VAGINA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN TO HAND FROM CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON DX CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2005Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
HIT IN EYE WITH BARETTE DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNS NECK AREA, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A HOT CURLING IRON WHILE FIXING HER HAIR AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, BLISTERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SUS BURN TO NECK FRIM CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
L EYE CORNEAL BURN/41YOF AT 5:30AM AT HOME BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
GRABBED WRONG END OF HOT CURLING IRON DX BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT HIT EYE WITH CURLING IRON TODAY WHILE AT HOME, HAS EYE PAIN. DX: COR NEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PAIN TO FINGERS R HAND, BURNED W/CURLING IRON DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED ARM ON CURLERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PRESENTS W/ POSSIBLE BURN TO L EYE, PT USING CURLING IRON, IT SLIPPED A ND HIT HER IN THE EYE DX: L CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED LOWER LIP WITH CURLING IRON AT HOME X 2 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS OPENNING A HAIRCLIP AND SOMETHING POPPED IN HER EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2005Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CLEANING OUT EAR W/ BOBBY PIN & CHILD HIT HAND. AB LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2005Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED WITH HOT CURLING IRON; TB EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
DROPPED CURLING IRON ONTO LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT HIT RT EYE WITH CURLING IRON AFTER SLIPPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
TOUCHED FOREHEAD WITH HOT CURLING IRON DX: BURN TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
46 YO FEMALE SCRATCHED EAR WITH HAIRPIN AND IT STUCK IN EAR AT HOME F/B LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN LEFT EYE-SUS INJ TO LEFT EYE WHEN SHE ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED HER LEF T EYE WITH A CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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