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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,331
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2005 | Age: 36 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 |
| BRUSHING HAIR, FELT SOMETHING POP IN NECK DX NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 32 YOF POKED RIGHT EYE WITH HAIRBRUSH/ CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CONTUSION R EAR, PT COMBING HER HAIR & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN, EARACHE, TENDERNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2005 | Age: 30 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 |
| PATIENT BRUSHED HAIR, ONSET SEVERE NECK PAIN. DX-NECK SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CONTUSION TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK BY A BRUSH AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN FACE WITH A HAIR BRUSH BY SON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND POKED IN EYE WITH BRUSH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT POKED IN EYE WITH BRUSH; EYE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| ABRASION TO EAR WHEN USING A COMB AND STRUCK EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PTS GIRLFRIEND WAS THROWING HIM A HAIR BRUSH WHEN HE MISSED IT AND IT S TRUCK HIM IN THE FACE LACERATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT C/O STICKING HAIRBRUSH IN THE CORNER OF HER EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS POKED SELF IN EYE WITH HAIRBRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| C/O NECK PAIN AFTER COMBING HAIR DX: CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT ACCIDENTLY PUT END OF COMB IN EAR C/O PAIN DX:EAR ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2005 | Age: 40 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 |
| PT POKED SELF WITH HAIRBRUSH; EYE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2005 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| NECK PAIN-STARTED WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH A HAIRBRUSH AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT SCRATCHED RIGHT EYE WITH A BIG TOOTH COMB. DX-RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| DX NECK STRAIN: COMBING HAIR AT HOME, TWISTED NECK FUNNY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2005 | Age: 44 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 |
| 44 YO FEMALE FELT A POP WHILE BRUSHING HAIR ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| RIGHT EAR PAIN. PT POKED INSIDE OF EAR WITH A COMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| BRUSHING HAIR - FELT POP WHEN ARM WAS ABOVE HEAD SHOULDER BURSITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 50 YO USING HAIRBRUSH DEVELOPED SHOULDER PAIN STRAIN SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| LACERATION HAND - 26 YOM SUSTAINED A SMALL LACERATION TO HIS LEFT PALM FROM A METAL BRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT AT HOME STEPPED ON HAIR BRUSH ON FLOOR TWISTED ANKLE DX L ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2005 | Age: 31 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 TURNED HEAD FAST TO LOOK AT SOMETHING WHILE COMBING HAIR, INJURIED N ECK SUSTAINED" CERVICAL STRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2005 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| LAC WRIST - CUT WRIST WITH A COMB |
| 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 |
| Date: 01/04/2005 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PUNCTURE L HAND, PT STS STABBED WITH A COMB DURING A GAME AT HOME, C/O PAIN, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO FB EMBEDDED.. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| TP WAS CLEANING A HAIRBRUSH WHEN ONE OF THE BRISTLES SLID UNDNEATH LT T HUMB NAIL SUSTAINED" FINGER FOREIGN BODY REMVOAL" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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