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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 287
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Toilets |
| 64YOF LOST BALANCE WHILE BRUSHING HAIR AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON TOILET CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 90 YOF WAS COMBING HAIR, GOT DIZZY AND FELL AT NURSING HOME. DX: DIZZINESS, POSS SYNCOPE, SCALP LAC 1". |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/20/2010 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 88YOF HAD NEW HEAD LAC SUTURED, PT BRUSHING HAIR W/ BRUSH & POPPED A ST ITCH DX;# HEAD LAC, RESUTURED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2010 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 75YOF SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE REACHING FOR HAIR BRUSH TRIAGE SOURCE: GROUP HOME DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 02/17/2010 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SCALP ABRASION-68YOF SUS INJ TO SCALP WHEN SHE TRIED TO SCRATCH HER HEA D WITH A COMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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