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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 291
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/22/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| LEFT ARM WEAKNESS. PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR WHEN HIS ARM WENT NUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2005 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls |
| PT. TRIPPED OVER SUITCASE, LANDED AGAINST WALL. DX. CONT L SHOULDER, F OREARM, UPPER ARM, ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2003 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS COMBING HAIR WHEN THE CAMB GOT CAUGHT LOST BALANCE FELL TO THE F LOOR FRACTURED RIGHT UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| BRUSHING HAIR 2 WEEKS AGO AT HOME, FELT 2 SNAPS IN SHOULDER, NOW HAS EC CHYMOSIS, SWELLING UPPER ARM. DX; HEMATOMA UPPER ARM, ON ****. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2000 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/1999 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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