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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 815
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 14 YOM STATES HAD END OF SHARP COMB STUCK INTO LEFT HIP AREA AND ABOUT AN INCH DEEP, PULLED OUT BY SELF, LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| 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: 12/04/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Other drugs or medications |
| MOM USED LICE SHAMPOO ON PATIENT 2 DAYS AGO, RUBBING TOO HARD W/LICE COMB, NOW HAS SUPERFICIAL SCALP ABRASIONS FROM COMB; SCALP ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SWALLOWED A TOOTH OF A COMB. DX FB INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT FELL WITH COMB IN MOUTH YESTERDAY; SOFT PALATE PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT STANDING UP WHILE SISTER WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR, FELT NAUSEOUS, SLIGHT HEADACHE,EYES ROLLED BACK, FELL ON BEDROOM FLOOR; SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Medical equipment, general |
| PATIENT WITH RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATIONS, COMBING HAIR WITH ARM IN SLING/SWATH AT HOME, SHOULDER DISLOCATED; DISLOCATED SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| ABRASION TO LEFT EAR CANAL - WHILE SCRATCHING HER EAR SHE SLIPPED COMB INTO EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 12 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 |
| SPR NECK BRUSHING HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT HIT ON FOREHEAD WHEN SISTER THREW HAIRBRUSH AT PT; FOREHEAD LAC . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| HIT WITH HAIR BRUSH;DX LACERATED FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 10 YO FEMALE CUT LEFT FINGER WITH A SWITCHBLADE COMB LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Bags |
| 2.5 CM LAC. CUT WITH METAL HORSEBRUSH AFTER 50# BAG OF HORSE FEED FELL ON HER TOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT GETTING HAIR COMBED WHEN FELL FLAT ON HER FACE HITTING NOSE, BL EEDING FROM NOSE, VOMITING; HEAD INJURY, HAIR GROOMING SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT HURT HER NECK THIS AM WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR. C/O NECK PAIN STIFFN ESS TO R SIDE OF NECK AND SHOULDER. DX. NECK MUSCLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT PASSED OUT WHILE HAVING HER HAIR BRUSHED INJURED EAR DX// RIGHT EAR LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 13 YO FEMALE, FRIEND THREW A HAIRBRUSH AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT HER IN FACE FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH;DX LACERATED FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Beds or bedframes |
| MOM COMBING HAIR, FELT FAINT, WALKED TO BED & FELL SIDEWAYS ON BED,"CON SISTENT W/ HAIR GROOMING SYNCOPE" DX: SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS PLAYING W/4 Y/O AND COMB WAS SHOVED UP INTO NOSE. DX: NASAL FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT AT SCHOOL AND STABBED IN ARM WITH SHARP END OF A COMB. NO ASSAULT. DX FB FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT POKED IN EAR WITH A COMB, EAR PAIN; OTALGIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 10 YO BROKE COMB TOOTH IN HEAD LAC SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 9 YO FEMALE PULLED RIGHT SIDE OF NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR NECK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE AT A FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A HAIRBRUSH THROWN BY A FRIEND. PT DIZZY. DX CONCUSSIO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls |
| PT DX RT PERFORATED TM - S/P PT C/O EARACHE YESTERDAY AFTER SCRATCHING EAR WITH POINTY COMB AND PT RAN INTO A WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| END OF COMB WAS ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED INTO EAR BY BROTHER, DX TRAUMATIC R UPTURE EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| NECK PAIN AFTER BRUSHING HAIR DX; NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT'S SIBLINGS AND FRIENDS THREW A COMB REPEATEDLY AT PT'S GENITAL AREA 3 DAYS AGO, THEN SIG SORENESS OF TESTICLE, SWELLING;PAIN D/T TRAUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT HIT IN EYE WITH WOODEN PART OF BRUSH, CONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| NASAL CONT. PT HIT HERSELF IN A NOSE WITH A HAIR BRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| COMBING HAIR TODAY AND WRIST POPPED DX; WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH BY BROTHER. DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| USING HAIRBRUSH;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| WALKING AT SCHOOL SWINGING ARMS, KNICKED PINKY FINGER ON HAIR PICK IN POCKET. DX-LACERATION FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 10 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEA WIH HAIRBRUSH LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Toilets |
| PASSED OUT WHILE HAVING HAIR DONE, LIKELY EXPERIENCE HAIRBRUSH SYNCOPE, ALSO HIT HEAD ON TOILET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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