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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 610
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2007 | Age: 43 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 |
| PT BURNED L EYE W/CURLING IRON WHILE CURLING HAIR WHEN IRON SLIPPED & HIT L EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACC BUMPED HOT CURLING IRON ONTO EYE >> THERMAL CONRNEAL ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT BURNED R EYE WITH CURLING IRON,C/O RED EYE,VISION BLURRY DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| ACCIDENTALLY POKED SELF IN RIGHT EYE WITH METAL HAIR CLIP DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2007 | Age: 48 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 STRUCK BY A CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2007 | 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 |
| PT BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON DX// BURN RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2007 | Age: 40 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 |
| R CORNEAL ABRASION; CURLING HAIR & CURLING IRON FELL ONTO EYE; STATES C AN SEE BUT IT'S BLURRY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2007 | Age: 43 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 |
| CORNEAL BURN-HIT HOT CURLING IRON ON EYE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 38 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 |
| PT HAS A BURN TO EYE FROM A CURLING IRON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2007 | Age: 33 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 C/O BURNED EYE. PT BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON. DX COREAL ABRASION LFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2007 | Age: 26 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 R EYEBALL, PT USING A HOT CURLING IRON AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2007 | Age: 46 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 |
| SUPERFICIAL LEFT CORNEA BURN-ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK SELF IN EYE WITH HOT C URLING IRON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 47 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 LEFT EYE WITH A CURLING IRON WHEN SHE DROPPED IT., BURN, LEFT EY E. NO FIRE; NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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