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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 449
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2004 | 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 |
| POKED EYE WITH A HAIRBRUSH DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2004 | Age: 38 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 COMBING HAIR WHEN COMB STRUCK EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 38 YEAR OLD MALE COMB SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| ACCIDENTLY STRUCK W/ A HAIR BRUSH BY DAUGHTER. ACUTE LAC RT ORBIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2004 | 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 |
| PT CAME UP BEHIND HER DAUGHTER WHO WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR WITH A HAIRBRU SH ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2004 | Age: 29 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 CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING A HAIR BRUSH ON HAIR AND INJURED EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2004 | Age: 45 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 EYE WITH HAIR BRUSH. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2004 | Age: 42 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 |
| HIT IN EYE WITH COMB DX. CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2004 | Age: 39 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 |
| BRUSHING HAIR AND SCRATCHED EYE WITH A BRUSH DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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