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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 810
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 25 YO F TRAPIZEUS STRAIN DEVELOPED PAIN WHILE BURSHING HER HAIR* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 20 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 |
| PT WAS CLEANING HER EARS WITH THE END OF A COMB LAST NIGHT AND DEVELOPE D PAIN OTITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2008 | Age: 17 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 |
| SCRATCHED EYE WHILE COMBING HAIR, RECEIVED ABRASION TO CORNEA* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 16 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 |
| PT STABBED SELF IN EAR WITH RAT-TAILED COMB-EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/09/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| TOP OF COMB ACCIDENTLY POKED EAR RUPTURE RIGHT EAR TYMPANUM TRAUMATIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| BRUSHING HAIR FELT A "POP" IN THE NECK TORTICOLLIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 19 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS COMBING HER HAIR AND TWISTED NECK STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND TO CHEST WHEN FELL ON HIS HAIR PIC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| EAR INJURY FROM ACCIDENTALLY STICKING COMB IN RIGHT EAR. DX-RIGHT TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PURFORATION, RIGHT EAR CANAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 23 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 KINKED NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR. DX: CERVICAL SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT DX FOREIGN BODY TO LT LEG,REMOVED - S/P PT C/O "THE COMB STUCK IN MY LEG",BIBEMS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 18 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT COMBING HAIR WITH A HAIR BRUSH AND DEVELOPED NECK PAIN STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/11/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| USING COMB TO SCRATCH INSIDE OF EAR PUNTURE EAR DRUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT HIT IN HEAD WITH A BRUSH, NO DETAILS, HEAD INJURY WITH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT DX ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN - S/P PT C/O SHARP PAIN IN NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR THIS AM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2008 | Age: 22 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 |
| TURNED HEAD WRONG WHILE BRUSHING HAIR/C-STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 23 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 |
| PT SCRATCHED EAR WITH COMB, FELT PAIN, SAW BLOOD, DX TYMPANIC RUPTURE T O EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 24 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 |
| WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND NECK STARTED TO HURT DX- CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| STUCK HAIRBRUSH IN VAGINA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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