Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - 26-50 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,415
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	498	Ear:	496
Neck:	94	Finger:	84
Shoulder:	77	Lower Arm:	77
Upper Trunk:	69	Lower Trunk:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABRASION TO EAR WHEN COMB WENT IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
32 YO FEMALE SCRATCHED BACK OF NECK WITH COMB ABCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS ASLEEP AND SON STUCK A COMB INTO HIS EAR , LACERATING CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT INJURED BRUSHING HAIR; SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 34 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
POKED IN EYE WITH BRISTLES FROM BRUSH. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2003	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
C/O RT EYE PAIN AND BURRINESS AFTER HITTING HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH HER HAIRBRUSH. CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PUNCHED EAR W/ A COMB TRAUMATIC RUPTURE LEFT TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O DIZZINESS AFTER TOOTH OF COMB WAS PUSHED INTO LT EAR X5 DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
COMBING HAIR AND ACCIDENTALLY POKED IT IN EAR LAC EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HURT NECK WHILE COMBING HAIR YESTERDAY. CONTINUED PAIN. D: MUSCULOSK ELETAL STRAIN, MIGRAINE HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABRASION TO EAR WHEN STUCK A COMB IN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DEVELOPED PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDERS WHILE BRUSHING HAIR DX - THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
49 YO BF - TRAUMATIC RUPTURED EARDRUM - WALKING WITH POINTED END OF H AIR COMB IN EAR CANAL -BUMPED INTO WALL STABBING HERSELF IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN PICKING UP A COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DAUGHT STUCK COMB INTO EAR DX: ABRASION TO EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O STUCK PLASTIC TIP OF COMB INTO LT EAR "TO SCRATCH IT"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
F B IN FOREARM - TOOTH OF COMB - METAL F B REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
NECK PAIN, TORTICOLLIS - 30 YOF C/O NECK PAIN THAT BEGAN YESTERDAY WHIL E BRUSHING HER HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LEFT EAR PERFORATION-SUS INJ TO LEFT EAR WHEN GRANDDAUGHTER STUCK POINT ED END OF A COMB IN LEFT EAR WHILE SHE WAS SLEEPING.SMALL AMT OF BLEEDI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 48 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
RT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION-PT STATES SHE SCRATCHED HER RT EYE WITH A HAIRB RUSH TODAY. C/O PAIN TO RT EYE WITH REDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 43 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
43 POKED HER RT EYE W/ A HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 26 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
POKED IN THE EYE W/ A COMB LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	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
HAIR BRUSH HIT RIGHT EYE DX: CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2003	Age: 40 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, Hair dryers
40 YOF WAS BLOW DRYING HAIR &HIT EYE WITH A BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 44 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, Hair dryers
44YOF USING BLOW DRYER AND BRUSH AT HOME HIT EYE DX/CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CORNEAL ABRASION (L) EYEBALL, PT SUST INJURY WITH A BRUSH BY HIS DAUGHTER, C/O PAIN, REDNESS & BLURRED VISION, EOM INTACT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STUCK A COMB INTO EAR DX. EAR CANAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BABY FELL WITH COMB ACCIDENTALLY HITTING PT IN THE EAR DX:EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX RT TYMPANIC MENBRANE PERFORATION - HAD A COMB TAIL IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
45YOF-CONTUSION LEFT 5TH FINGER-HIT WITH HAIR BRUSH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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