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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 720
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2010 | Age: 9 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 |
| 9 YR F HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH;DX CONTUSED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2010 | Age: 14 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 |
| 14 YOF FLIPPED HEAD BACKWARDS WHILE COMBING HAIR. C/O NECK PAIN DX##: CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 9 YOF DX ORAL LACERATION - DUE TO COMB IN MOUTH X2 DAYS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 6YOF; PT JUMPED FROM A PARKED TRUCK AND HIT HER HEAD ON SIDE OF THE TRU CK ; THE HAIRBAND PT WAS WEARING CUT PTS HEAD. D: LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2010 | Age: 10 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, Rugs or carpets |
| 10YOF STANDING UP GETTING HAIR DONE AT HOME & PASSED OUT ONTO CARPET; SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 6 YO MALE STUCK A COMB IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 14 YO F WITH NECK PAIN AFTER USING A COMB, HEAR CRACK IN NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 8YOF MOM WAS BRUSHING PT'S HAIR WHEN STIFFENED ARMS/LEGS, TWITCHING, PU PILS DILATED; SYNCOPE, MOVEMENT DISORDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 14 YO F, C/O GETTING PIECE OF METAL COMB STUCK IN LEFT ELBOW WHILE IN S CHOOL, DX FOREIGN BODY ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Bathtubs or showers |
| DX BLDG SORE ON HEAD: 12YOM C/O BLDG F SORE ON HEAD HE 1ST NOTICED SEVERAL WKS AGO WHILE BRUSHING HIS HAIR AFTER SHOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2010 | Age: 12 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 |
| 12YOF C/O LT-SIDED NECK PAIN SINCE THIS AM, NOTICED WHILE WETTING & COMBING HAIR GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL. DX - NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 6 YO F WAS GETTING HAIR BRUSHED BY MOM WHEN SUDDENLY BECAME TENSE AND F ELL BACKWARDS INTO MOM'S ARMS. DX: FIRST TIME SEIZURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2010 | Age: 6 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 |
| 6 YR F CUT FOREHEAD WITH HAIR BRUSH;DX LACERATED FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 7 YO F RUNNING WITH COMB IN MOUTH, FELL CUT MOUTH. DX MOUTH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials |
| 9YOF- PT WAS @ HOME- A POINTY COMB WAS LEFT ON FLOOR @ HOME PT KNEELED DOWN ON TOP OF IT COMB INSERTED INTO R-THIGH. DX F.B. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| A 8 YOF WAS HIT IN EYE WITH BRUSH, DX CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT STUCK THE END OF COMB IN EAR RUPTURED TYMPANIC MEMBRANE 6YOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 8 YR M POLED EAR WITH END OF HAIR COMB;DX PUNCURED EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 11YOF STATES 16 YO ROOMMATE AT GROUP HOME SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER, WOKE TO FEMALE ON TOP OF HER, HAD STUCK BRUSH HANDLE IN PT'S RECTUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2010 | Age: 10 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 |
| 10YOF TWISTED NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR YESTERDAY ACUTE NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 14YOF SISTER THREW A HAIR BRUSH TO HER SHE MISSED IT STRUCK IN THE MOUT H DENTAL INJURY |
| 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: 04/14/2010 | 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 |
| 10YOF PLAYING RUNNING WITH COMB IN MOUTH, POKED ROOF OF MOUTH WITH WIRE COMB; PUNCTURE WOUND |
| 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: 04/04/2010 | Age: 6 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 |
| 6YOF PT, SISTER BRUSHING HAIR WHEN SHE ACCID HIT PT IN R EYE W/ HAIRBRU SH. PAIN, REDNESS TO EYE. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 10YOF; PT WAS PLAYING WITH SIBLING AT HOME WHEN BROTHER HIT PT ON THE H EAD WITH A HAIRBRUSH. D: FACIAL FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 13 YO FEMALE BRUSHING HAIR AND HEAR A POP. DX SHOULDER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2010 | Age: 8 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 |
| 8YOM POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A HAIRBRUSH ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2010 | Age: 8 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 |
| 8YOF SUST LAC SIDE OF R EYE WHEN BOR SWUNG A HAIRBRUSH AND HANDLE PORTI ON OF BRUSH HIT HER FACE DX 1 CM INFRAORBITAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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