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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 177
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/29/2005 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT LACERATED HEAD WITH A COMB AT HOME, LIVES WITH SON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SCALP MINOR LAC-INJURY OCCURRED WHILE COMBING HAIR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT HAD PREVIOUS HEAD WOUND 10 YEARS AGO, HAD PERM DONE 2-3 DAYS A GO, WAS COMBING HAIR AND NOTED BLOOD, HAS HEADACHE; HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| NOTICED TICK ON SCALP WHEN BRUSHING HAIR; FB REMOVED FROM SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| STANDING WHILE MOM WAS DOING HAIR BRUSHING HAIR WHEN SHE FAINTED HITTING HEAD D SYNCOPAL EPISODE W HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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