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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 440
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 9 YR F HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH;DX CONTUSED HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 12/10/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 6YOF; PT JUMPED FROM A PARKED TRUCK AND HIT HER HEAD ON SIDE OF THE TRU CK ; THE HAIRBAND PT WAS WEARING CUT PTS HEAD. D: LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 19 YOF CUT SCALP WHILE COMBING TANGLES OUT OF HAIR SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 09/21/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Bathtubs or showers |
| DX BLDG SORE ON HEAD: 12YOM C/O BLDG F SORE ON HEAD HE 1ST NOTICED SEVERAL WKS AGO WHILE BRUSHING HIS HAIR AFTER SHOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2010 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 49 Y FEMALE ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD W HAIR BRUSH BY GRANDCHILD C/O HEAD INJ DX: SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| A 25 YOM WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH BRUSH AT HOME, CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| 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: 04/23/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 3YOM MOM WAS BRUSHING HAIR WHEN TICK GOT CAUGHT IN BRUSH, PULLED OFF HE AD; TICK BITE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2010 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 4 MOM-MOTHER STATES NOTIED "BUMPS" ON CHILD'S SCALP-USING *** BABY SH AMPOO & SOFT BRISTLED BRUSH DX ABRASIONS * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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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