Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,227
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	6
Year 1998:	25
Year 1999:	71
Year 2000:	24
Year 2001:	153
Year 2002:	190
Year 2003:	39
Year 2004:	100
Year 2005:	189
Year 2006:	102
Year 2007:	155
Year 2008:	36
Year 2010:	133

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	148
6-15 years old:	255
16-25 years old:	143
26-50 years old:	433
50+ years old:	246

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Chemicals
3 YO M PLAYING WITH BRUSH THAT HAD PERMANENT SOLUTION ON IT, NOW HAS RA SH ON HAND. DX CONTACT DERMATITIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
68 YR OLD FEMALE COMBING HER CAR WHEN IT BIT HER HAND WITH CELLULITIS N OW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/13/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DX SPRAIN HAND: 59YOM PULLING HAIR OUT OF COMB & SUDDEN POP' SENSATION IN L MID-HAND W/ IMMEDIATE PN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
14 YOM DX INJURY LT HAND - S/P PT WAS ACCIDENTALY STABBED BY TIP OF COMB ON THE LAHD HAND AT SCHOOL PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
14 YO M FELL ON METAL TIP COMB INJURED HAND LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
15YOF HIT ON HAND BY HAIRBRUSH THAT SISTER THREW AT HOME; HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT REPORTS YOUNGER BROTHER ACCIDENTALY HIT PT IN HAND WITH HAIR BRUSH SUS CONTUSION TO HAND%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
26 YOF STRUCK ON RIGHT HAND WITH HAIRBRUSH SUSTAINING A CONTUSION, ACCI DENTAL INJURY, DAUGHTER HAD HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT STABBED ON HAND BY SISTER WITH METAL END OF COMB LAST NIGHT; HA ND LAC./ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STAB WOUND LEFT HAND-ACCIDENTALLY STABBED LEFT HAND WITH A METAL COMB. C/O PUNCTURE WD WITH NUMBNESS & TINGLING SENSATION WITH DRAINAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Animal induced injury
CAT BITE R HAND/78YOM AT HOME YESTERDAY WAS COMBING HIS CAT AND CAT BIT HIS R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT STABBED HER HAND WITH SHARP END OF COMB; PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Gasoline cans
48YOF POURED HAIR BRUSH GAS CAN IGNITED BURN L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PLAYING AROUND AT HOME GOT PRONG FROM HAIR PICK STUCK IN HAND DX:FOREIGN BODY TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
18 YO INJURED HAND ON RAT TAIL COMB PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PUNCTURED RT HAND WITH COMB C/O PAIN PUNCTURE WOUND RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LACERATION HAND - 26 YOM SUSTAINED A SMALL LACERATION TO HIS LEFT PALM FROM A METAL BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Beds or bedframes
CONT. R HAND, MOTHER STS PT JUMPED ONTO THE BED & SUST INJURY WITH A COMB, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, TENDERNESS, NORMAL ROM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PUNCTURE L HAND, PT STS STABBED WITH A COMB DURING A GAME AT HOME, C/O PAIN, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO FB EMBEDDED..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PUSHED TIP OF COMB INTO HAND; PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HAD A HAIRBRUSH FALL ONTO LEFT HAND CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BITTNE ON RT HAND BASE OF THUMB BY MULTI-LEGGED WORM LIKE CREATURE THAT ATTACHED AND WOULDN'T LET GO GOT OFF WITH HAIRBRUSH RT HAND INSECT BIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DOG BITE;LAC R HAND/88YOF WHILE BRUSHING HER DOG, DOG BIT HER. HAPPENED THIS MORNING. STILL BLEEDING & WORRIED ABOUT BONE INJ.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
36 YO M STRUCK ON HAND W/HAIR BRUSH FX METACARPAL CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SHE WAS COMBING HER CAT AT HOME LAST WEEK AND WAS BITTEN ON THE LEFTHAN D, NOW HAND IS SWOLLEN AND TENDER. DX CELLULITIS LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT LIFTING UP HER HAIRBRUSH AT HOME WHEN THERE WAS A SPIDER UNDER IT SU STAINED A SPIDER BITE TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PIERCED HAND WITH THE END OF A RAT TAIL COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2001	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2001	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2001	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2001	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2001	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2000	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2000	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/1999	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Roller skating
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/1998	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/1998	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Other ranges
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/1997	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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