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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 131
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WITH ABRASION TO UPPER CHEST FROM A COMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 26 YO FEMALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE COMBING HAIR WITH BRUSH ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2004 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SEVERE PAIN MID L CHEST THIS AM WHILE BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME. DX. ACUTE PRECORDIAL CHEST PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/25/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT. REACHED UP TO BRUSH HER HAIR THIS MORNING, FELT SOME MUSCLE STRAIN. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN DORSAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PAIN BRUSHING DAUGHTERS HAIR DX. CHEST MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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