Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Year 2004 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 643
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	37
6-15 years old:	12
16-25 years old:	64
26-50 years old:	449
50+ years old:	79

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O LT EYE PAIN S/P HIT IN EYE W/A COMB LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 48 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
POKED EYE WITH A HAIRBRUSH DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	Age: 38 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: Combs or hairbrushes
PT COMBING HAIR WHEN COMB STRUCK EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT HIT ON EYE WITH A COMB AT SCHOOL; EYE INJURY/PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT. SCRATCHED HIS EYE WITH A COMB WHILE COMBING HAIR, THIS MORNING, AT HOME. EYE RED & WATERY. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2004	Age: 54 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
CORNEAL ABRASION - 54 YOF C/O LEFT EYE PAIN AFTER POKING SELF IN THE EY E WITH A HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE EYE WITH A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC HAIR BRUSH AT HOME, BLOODY TEARS AND BL ODDY NOSE; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	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: Combs or hairbrushes
LT CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/A SMALL PLASTIC COMB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 22 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: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX RT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - S/P SCRATCH WITH HAIR BRUSH LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
16 YO FEMALE WAS HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH LACERATION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT ACCID POKED EYE W/BRISTLES OF HAIRBRUSH. DX: L CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
38 YEAR OLD MALE COMB SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTLY STRUCK W/ A HAIR BRUSH BY DAUGHTER. ACUTE LAC RT ORBIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2004	Age: 64 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
CORNEAL ABRASION - 64 YOF C/O LEFT EYE PAIN SINCE FRIDAY AFTER HITTING SELF IN THE EYE WITH A HAIRBRUSH, ALSO SEEING GRAY BUBBLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT USING A HAIR BRUSH ON HIS HAIR WHEN HE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE RIGHT E YE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 54 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: Combs or hairbrushes
LT CORNEAL AB-ACCIDENTLY HIT EYE W/A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2004	Age: 48 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
PT CAME UP BEHIND HER DAUGHTER WHO WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR WITH A HAIRBRU SH ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 29 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
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING A HAIR BRUSH ON HAIR AND INJURED EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
POKED IN EYE WITH HAIR BRUSH. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2004	Age: 42 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 COMB DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 39 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
BRUSHING HAIR AND SCRATCHED EYE WITH A BRUSH DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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