Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,767
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	21
Year 1998:	75
Year 1999:	17
Year 2000:	204
Year 2001:	85
Year 2002:	76
Year 2003:	85
Year 2004:	131
Year 2005:	83
Year 2006:	297
Year 2007:	31
Year 2008:	340
Year 2009:	92
Year 2010:	223

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	38
16-25 years old:	308
26-50 years old:	544
50+ years old:	869

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/27/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
68 YO M BRUSHING HIS HAIR STARTED GETTING PAIN IN CENTER OF BACK ROTATI NG TO LEFT SIDE OF RIBS. DX MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2010	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
63 YOF WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND PUT BRUSH TO BACK OF HEAD AND FELT CHEST PAIN - CHEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
62YOF AT HOME COMBING HAIR FELT A POP IN BACK/ DX ACUTE BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
62YOF BRUSHING HAIR WHEN SHE DEVELOPED AN ACUTE ONSET OF CHEST PAIN ADM ITTED FOR CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
31 YOF BACK STRAIN, PT WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR WHEN BACK BEGAN TO HURT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BACK PAIN-PAIN SINCE COMBING HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CHEST WOUND LAC.PT WAS COMBING DAUGHTERS HAIR AND WAS ACCDENTLY STABBED WITH PICK OF COMB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/02/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
RIGHT TRAP STR. PT STRAINED UPPER BACK WHEN BRUSHING HAIR.
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: 09/24/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
54 YOF REACHED OVER TO GRAB A BRUSH AND HAD CHEST PAIN ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 46 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
BRUSHING HER HAIR. CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
55 YO MALE SCRATCHED BACK WTH A COMB ABCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
THIS MORNING DEVELOPED SUDDENLY CHEST PAIN RADIATING TO THE BACK WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR >> MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
P/W AOF CP RAD TO THE RT SHOULDER WHILE BRUSHING HAIR >> CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 56 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
PAIN WHILE BRUSHING HAIR/UPPER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BENT OVER TO PICK UP HAIRBRUSH AT NURSING HOME FELL AND HAS PAIN TO BAC K DX- T4 AND T5 FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/23/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
FELL OVER BACKWARDS WHILE COMBING HAIR AT ASSISTED LIVING INJURING UPPE R BACK. DX: T-12 COMPRESSION FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS BENDING OVER BRUSHING HAIR BRUSH GOT CAUGHT PULLED SELF OVER INT O SIDE OF BATHTUB CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
WHILE BRUSHING HAIR,HURT UPPER BACK AND CANT MOVE HEAD BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BACK PAIN AFTER BRUSHING HAIR THORACIC BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT AT HOME REACHING UP TO BRUSH HAIR WHEN SHE FELT A PULL IN CHEST STRA INED CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

Date: 11/30/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
WHILE BRUSHING HAIR, PT LIFTED ARM, DEVELOPED A PAIN IN UPPER BACK, STR AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DEVELOPED PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDERS WHILE BRUSHING HAIR DX - THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
AT HOME, REACHING BACK TO BRUSH HIS HAIR AND FELT PINCHING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT UPPER BACK. DX THORACIC STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2001	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2001	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2000	Age: 79 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2000	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2000	Age: 39 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/1999	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/1998	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/04/1997	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Mirrors or mirror glass
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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