Accidents - Hair clippers and trimmers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,791
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	67
Year 1999:	53
Year 2001:	16
Year 2002:	135
Year 2003:	258
Year 2004:	139
Year 2005:	158
Year 2006:	46
Year 2007:	175
Year 2008:	164
Year 2009:	152
Year 2010:	422

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	367	Finger:	342
Ear:	228	Head:	195
Neck:	191	Toe:	175
Pubic Region:	83	Mouth:	76
Lower Arm:	69	Foot:	30
Eyeball:	15	Hand:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
62 YOM HAS A CUT IN HIS NOSE FROM THE NOSE HAIR CLIPPERS. DX NOSE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
56 YO M, C/O NOSEBLEED, PT STATES HE WAS CUTTING NOSEHAIR WITH TRIMMER AND MAY HAVE CUT HIMSELF, DX NASAL ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2010	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
67 YOM WITH RT UPPER EAR LACERATION GETTING HAIR CUT AND WAS KNICKED WI TH HAIR CLIPPERS- DX-RT EAR PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2010	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
79YOM HAS LAC TO SEPTUM WHILE TRIMMING NOSE HAIR DX;* NOSE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
58YOF,DEVELOPED ABCESS TO HER NECK /NAPE AREA S/P A RECENT HAIR CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
52 YOM MAY HAVE INFECTION FROM HAIR CLIPPERS FOLLICULITIS SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
62YOF SUSTAINED LAC TO FINGER WHEN SHE WAS USING A HAIR TRIMMER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
59YOF LAC LT 2ND DIGIT WITH ELECTRIC SHEARS DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
A 52 YOM TO ER, STATES HAD HAIRCUT, FEELS BARBAR "BURNED" FACE WITH HAI R CLIPPERS, BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2010	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
69 YOM-PT WAS GETTING A HAIRCUT & L NNARE STARTED TO BLEED DX ACUTE ANTERIOR EPISTAXIS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2010	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
92YOM HAD (L) EAR CLIPPED BY BARBER, PT ON ***, EAR WILL NOT STOP BLEED ING DX;# ABRASION (L) EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
WAS KNICKED IN THE NECK WITH HAIR CLIPPERS WHILE GETTING HAIR CUT ABRASION NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT HAD MOUSTACHE TRIMMED AND SUSTAINED FACIAL SWELLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers, Tables
HAIR CLIPPERS FELL OFF TABLE ONTO FOOT, LACERATION TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
73YO WHITE MALE TRIMMING EYEBROW & CUT R EYEBROW DX PUNCTURE WOUND R UPPER EYELID-ACUTE BLEEDING RESOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
59 YOF, USING HAIR CLIPPERS, FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
61 YOF CUT TOENAILS WITH NEW CLIPPER AND CUT TOO SHORT LACERATION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DX EPIDERMAL INCLUSION CYST R TEMPORAL AREA: PT W LUMP IN THE R TEMPORAL AREA X 4WKS; NOTICED AFTER TRIMM'G HIS HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
80 YOM WAS GETTING HAIRCUT AND BARBER NICKED PT'S LEFT EAR WITH THE TRI MMERS, PT SUSTAINED LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT DX HAND LACERATION - CUT HAND WITH EDGE OF TRIMMER AT HOME JUST PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT WITH ABSCESS ON HEAD AFTER GETTING HAIR CUT LAST WEEK WITH CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT STATES CUT FINGER WHILE USING CLIPPERS DX RT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT CUT EAR WITH NAIL CLIPPER AT HOME DX/ RIGHT EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
LEFT EAR LAC, PT WAS TRIMMING HAIR AND CUT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
LAC NOSE WITH TRIMMING SHEARS WHILE TRIMMING NOSE HAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
61 YO F LACERATION TO GREAT TOE DROPPED HAIRCLIPPERS ON TOE CLIPPERS WERE STILL RUNNING*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
C/O P T STATES CUT FINGER ON CLIPPERS WHILE CUTTING HAIR DX RT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
ABSCESS BACK OF HEAD-C/O ABSCESS TO BACK OF HEAD AFTER USING A HAIR CLI PPER YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
TOE AB-INJURED ON TOENAIL CLIPPERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PATIENT WAS TRYING TO TRIM HIS NOSE HAIRS AND CLIPPED A SUPERFICIAL VEIN BELOW HIS NOSE AND CONTINUED TO BLEED. DX-LACERATION, UNDER NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
WAS CLIPPING SCROTAL HAIR 1 WEEK AGO,NOW PAIN ABSCESS SCROTUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
51 YOM LACERATES EAR WHILE USING HAIR CLIPPERS TO CUT HAIR OFF EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
81YOM-LACERATION UPPER LIP-CUT WHILE SHAVING WITH CLIPPERS THIS MORNING -USED STEPTIC PENCIL TO CONTROL BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
SUBCONJUMCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE-HIT EYE W/ EYEBROW CLIPPERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT WAS SHEERING SHEEP AND CUT LT FOREARM; LACERATION LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
LACERATON TO RIGHT THUMB AFTER CUTTING IT ON A PAIR OF CLIPPERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers, Counters or countertops
HAIR CLIPPER FELL OFF COUNTER HIT TOE DX: L 5TH TOE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
DOG BITE WITH LACERATION L 4TH DISTAL FINGER WITH REPAIR, TRIMMING DAUGHTER'S COCKER SPANIAL DOG, DOG TURNED AROUND AND BIT FINGER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
USING ELECTRIC EAR HAIR CLIPPER AND LAC EARLOBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT C/O RASH ON NECK AFTER CLIPPERS USED IN BARBER SHOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
67YOF-DERMATITIS BACK OF NECK-BROKE OUT AFTER HAVING HAIR CLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
RT ANTERIOR EPISTAXIS-CUT WHILE SOMEONE WAS TRIMMING NOSE HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
TRAUMATIC EPISTAXIS LEFT NARES, CLIPPING NASAL HAIRS WITH CLIPPERS AND ACCIDENTALLY NICKED NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
PT. HAS ABRASION AT LT TEMPLE AREA CAUSED WHILE HE WAS GETTING A HAIRCUT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2001	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/1999	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/1999	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/1999	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/1998	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair clippers and trimmers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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