Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Face

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,170
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	6
Year 1998:	44
Year 1999:	151
Year 2000:	98
Year 2001:	116
Year 2002:	80
Year 2003:	90
Year 2004:	16
Year 2005:	163
Year 2006:	146
Year 2007:	28
Year 2008:	94
Year 2009:	46
Year 2010:	86

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/06/2010	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
22MONTH OLD FEMALE-HAS A PIECE OF PLASTIC BRUSH UP THE LT NOSTRIL. DX: F/B REMOVED FROM LT NOSTRIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2010	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
20MOM-CHIN LAC-RUNNING W/A COMB WHEN HE FELL-COMB CUT CHIN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LAC TO CHEEK WHEN STRUCK BY A PLASTICK COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2009	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FOREHEAD AND CHEEK - S/P BIBEMS,HX OF PATIENT GRABBING HOT COMB AND GOT BURNED TO RT SIDE OF FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT WITH A METAL HAIR BRUSH THROWN BY HER BROTHER DX: FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS ACCID. HIT IN THE L CHEEK BY BROTHER WHO THREW A HAIRBRUSH. HAS SMALL BRUISE TO CHEEK. DX FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Other toys
COMBING DOLL BABY'S HAIR HIT SELF IN FACE AND EYE W/ THE COMB LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
TOOTH FROM A COMB IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2008	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT IN FACE WITH A HAIRBRUSH BY 2 YO, AT DAYCARE- BRUISE TO FOREHEAD DX: FACIAL BRUISE, ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH BRUSH SUST LAC TO FACE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2007	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
RUNNING WITH A COMB AND POKED SELF IN EYE. DX LACERATION EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
FELL ONTO BRUSH DX: R EYE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HAIR BRUSH INJURY DX: LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
MOM NOTICED A BUMP ON PT'S HEAD, WHILE SHE WAS COMBING PT'S HAIR- PT HAS FOREHEAD ABRASION. DX; ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT HIS IN FACE BY HAIRBRUSH THROWN BY ANOTHER CHILD; MID FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS HIT BY A HAIRBRUSH. DX: FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SISTER WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND BRUSH BROKE IN HALF / CUT FOREHEAD DX: FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LAC L UPPER EYELID, PARENTS ST PT PLAYING W/A SIBLING, STRUCK W/A HAIR BRUSH AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HAD COMB HIT FOREHEAD. DX: FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2005	Age: 4 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: Combs or hairbrushes
BROTHER TREW HAIRBRUSH, STRUCK PT'S F.HEAD ' LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CHILD PLACED A "TOOTH" OF A HAIRCOMB UP NOSTRIL. D: FOREIGN BODY, NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT PLAYING IN BASEMENT AT HOME, NEIGHBOR FRIEND THREW HAIR COMB AT HER AND HIT ON FOREHEAD; FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2005	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Beds or bedframes
MOTHER TOSSED HAIRBRUSH ONTO BED THIS A.M., HIT CHILD UNDER L EYE DX: CONTU L PERIORBITAL REGION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABRASION TO NOSE WHEN STRUCK BY COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
FELL ON PLASTIC HAIR COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	Age: 2 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: Combs or hairbrushes
MOM WAS PERMING HAIR AND PT WAS RUNNING AND HIT EYE ON TIP OF BRUSH;LAC EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
FELL ON HAIR BRUSH - BRISTLE UNDER SKIN F B REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2002	Age: 5 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: Combs or hairbrushes
LACERATION NOSE - PATIENT PRESENTS FROM HOME AND PARENT REPORTS HIS SI STER THREW A HAIR BRUSH AT HIM HITTING HIM IN THE NOSE (INTENT NS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CUT FOREHEAD WITH HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HIT IN FACE WITH BRUSH BY BROTHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2001	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2001	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2001	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2001	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2000	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2000	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2000	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2000	Age: 2 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: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/1999	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/1999	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/1999	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/1998	Age: 5 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: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/1998	Age: 3 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: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/1998	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/1998	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/1998	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/1997	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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