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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 641
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/18/2002 | Age: 22 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 |
| CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS COMBING HAIR WITH A COMB AGGRESSIVELY TO GET OUT TANGLED AND NECK BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2002 | 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 |
| PT STATES SHE WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND TURNED WRONG AND INJURED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 24 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 |
| CERVICAL STRAIN - 24 YOF NECK PAIN WHEN TILTED HEAD TO BRUSH HAIR THIS MORNING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT.C/O BACK OF NECK TENDER AND SCARRED WHEN SCRATCH NECK W/COMB PT.REPORTED POSSIBLE INSECT BITE.DX-INFECTED INSECT BITE NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 21 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 |
| CERVICAL STRAIN - 21 YOF BRUSHING HER HAIR HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF NECK PAI N, UNABLE TO TURN HEAD TO RIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 24 YEAR OLD FEMALE FELT SNAP IN NECK WHILE USING BRUSH TO COMB HAIR NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2002 | Age: 20 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 |
| CERVICLE STRAIN - WHEN BRUSHING HAIR FELT A CRACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS COMBING HER HAIR AND SHE INJURED HER NECK DX: ACUTE CERVICAL SPRAIN + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| CERV STR. PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND INJURED NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| BRUSHING HAIR; NECK PAIN CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | Age: 11 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 |
| 11 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CERVICAL STRAIN. PT STS SHE WAS @ A FRIEND'S HOUSE, BRUSHING HER HAIR & FELT HER NECK POP. E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2002 | Age: 14 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 |
| STRAINED NECK WHEN USING HAIR BRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2002 | Age: 26 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 |
| PT INJURED NECK BRUSHING HAIR, CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | 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 TWISTED NECK AWKWARDLY WHILE BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME, FELT N ECK PAIN; CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| HURT NECK WHILE COMBING HAIR WITH COMB DX: ABRASION TO NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2002 | Age: 15 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 |
| WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND FELT POP IN NECK. LT CERVICAL STRAIN. DO NOT CONTACT PT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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