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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 174
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| C/O LOW BACK PAIN, DEVELOPED WHILE COMBING HAIR, DX; LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT STATES PULLING BACK OUT WHEN REACHING OUT FOR COMB DX:LOW BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Beds or bedframes |
| 11 YO JUMPED ON BED AND GOT STUCK W/COMB IN ABDOMEN PUNCTURE WOUND ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/21/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Stairs or steps |
| CONTUSION ABDOMEN - 15 YOF GOT UP IN THE DARK AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS LANDING ON HER HAIRBRUSH, C/O RIGHT LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT HAS LBP SINCE BRUSHING HAIR THIS MORNING AT HOME. DX: LBP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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