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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 807
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT COMBING HAIR AND TURNED HEAD TO LEFT AND FELT NECK POP; NECK ST RAIN, TORTICOLLIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT.STATES PAIN IN NECK AT HOME WHEN COMBING HAIR & PULLING IT BACK INTO A PONEYTAIL. DX; ACUTE TORTICOLIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| MUSCULOSKELETAL NECK PAIN: BRUSHING HAIR, FELT PAIN NECK WITH MOVEMENT AND TURNING OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS COMBING HER HAIR SUFFERED SEVERE PAIN IN SHOULDER DX DIS/SHOULD ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT BENT SOWN TO PICK UP A HAIR BRUSH AND HEARD A POP AND FELT PAIN IN H ER BACK DX// ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 24 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN RIGHT ELBOW BY HAIR BRUSH CONTUSION ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| HIT IN EYE WITH HANDLE OF HAIRBRUSH CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| LAC L EAR, PT STS SON JAMMED A COMB INTO HER CANAL AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PARASPINOUS LUMBAR SPASM; BENT OVER TO PICK UP COMB & HAD SEVERE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT PLAYING AROUND AT HOME GOT PRONG FROM HAIR PICK STUCK IN HAND DX:FOREIGN BODY TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PLAYING WITH GIRLFRIEND AND STABBED WITH COMB OVER EYELID. DX LACERATI ON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| WHILE BRUSHING HAIR,HURT UPPER BACK AND CANT MOVE HEAD BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PUNCTURE L EAR, PT USING A COMB TO SCRATCH HER EAR CANAL, PUNCTURE TM, C/O ACTIVE BLEEDING, PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PUNCTURE R EAR, PT STS A 2YRS OLD CHILD STUCK A COMB INTO PT'S EAR AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, TM PERF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND FELT POP. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PULLED MUSCLE IN NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR DX: NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2006 | Age: 16 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 |
| STRUCK ON FACE C A HAIR BRUSH THAT WAS THROWN BY SISTER " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT HAD STUCK BRUSH BRISTLE UNDER THUMB 14 DAYS AGO, NOW THUMB SWELLING AND PAIN; CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS COMBING HAIR WITH A BRUSH AND INJURED SHOULDER.DX SHOULDER SPRAI N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT'S DAUGHTER STUCK COMB IN EAR CAUSING EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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