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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 529
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT PASSED OUT WHEN BRUSHING HAIR AFTER TAKING HOT SHOWER LAST NIGH T, HIT SIDE OF FACE; CHEEK ABRASION, SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2005 | Age: 15 years | 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| SYNCOPE: FACIAL CONTUSION: PATIENT WAS BRUSHING HAIR, NEXT THING PT WAS LYING ON FLOOR, HEMATOMA FRONTAL AREA, PT HAS NOT EATEN TODAY |
| 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: 12/07/2005 | Age: 8 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 |
| 1CM FOREHEAD LAC-SISTER THREW HAIRBRUSH @ PT-@ HOME |
| 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: 31 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 |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN FACE WITH A HAIR BRUSH BY SON |
| 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: 07/23/2005 | Age: 47 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 |
| PTS GIRLFRIEND WAS THROWING HIM A HAIR BRUSH WHEN HE MISSED IT AND IT S TRUCK HIM IN THE FACE LACERATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| EYEBROW LACERATION, HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SOMEONE THREW HAIRBRUSH @ PT DX FACE LACERATION |
| 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: 03/09/2005 | Age: 12 years | 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 |
| 12 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN MOUTH WITH A COMB FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT. CUT W/COMB AT HAIRDRESSERS. DX. LAC FACIAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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