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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 179
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| POKED IN EYE WITH HAIRBRUSH BRISTLE. DX. SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, CO NJUNCTIVITIS.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT C/O SOMETHING GETTING IN EYE WHEN COMBING AND BRUSHING HAIR DX: CORNEA ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 71 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 |
| 71 YO COMBING HAIR STRUCK EYE W/COMB CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS COMBING HER HAIR AND SCRATCHED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH THE COM B CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2008 | Age: 52 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| ACCIDENTALLY POKED EYE WITH THE COMB WHILE BRUSHING HAIR >>CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| COMBING HAIR THIS MORNING ACCIDENTLY COMBED EYE ABRASION LEFT CORNEAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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