Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Year 2009 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 762
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	21
16-25 years old:	76
26-50 years old:	376
50+ years old:	281

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/13/2009	Age: 57 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 HIT EYE WITH A HAIRBRUSH, CORNEAL ABRASION TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LAC EYE W/ HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2009	Age: 47 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 STATES WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND POKED SELF IN EYE WITH BRUSH DX: CONJUCTIVAL ABRASION TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2009	Age: 45 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
45 YOF, HIT EYE WITH HAIR BRUSH WHILE BRUSHING HAIR, CONTUSION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2009	Age: 52 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 IN EYE WITH HAIR BRUSH. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2009	Age: 16 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
PT HIT SELF IN THE EYE WITH A COMB. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 44 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
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK SELF WITH A BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 59 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
BLUNT PLASTIC COMB VS EYE 2 DAYS AGO. CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	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
PT PLAYING WITH COUSIN AND HIT IN EYE WITH A THROWN HAIR BRUSH. DX COR NEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION, STRUCK BY A HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 58 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
EYE INJURY FROM SCRATCHING WITH COMB. DX-ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 45 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
45 YOF POKED SELF LEFT EYE WITH COMB SUSTAINING CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HAD A COMB & MOM STATES PT MAY HAVE POKED EYE WITH IT, HAS BEEN RUBB ING EYE, NOW W/TEARING, DISCHARGE & REDNESS TO EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT POKED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A PLASTIC COMB AS SHE WAS BRUSHING H ER HAIR NOW THE EYE IS BLEEDING SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2009	Age: 29 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
PATIENT ACCIDENTLY STUCK COMB IN EYE. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION, RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2009	Age: 50 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
STUCK BRISTLES OF HAIRBRUSH IN (R) EYE-----CORNEAL ABRASION (R) EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2009	Age: 21 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 WAS AT HOME USING A HAIRBRUSH, SCRATCHED EYE CAUSING A RT CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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