Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - 26-50 years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,388
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Ear:	397	Eyeball:	376
Neck:	367	Shoulder:	85
Upper Trunk:	77	Pubic Region:	37
Head:	16	Lower Trunk:	15
Finger:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls
32YOF WAS SCRATCHING EAR WITH THE POINTED END OF A HAIR BRUSH AND FELL AGAINST A WALL PUSHED IT IN FURTHER PERFORATED EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2009	Age: 26 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
TRAUMA RT EAR-26YOF SUS INJ TO RT EAR WHILE SCRATCHING IT WITH END OF A COMB. HAS BLEEDING FROM EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2009	Age: 35 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 FROM A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT @ HOME BRUSHING HAIR, TIPPED HEAD BACK, HAS SHARP NECK PAIN DX;# CERVICLE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STUCK END OF COMB IN RIGHT EAR RUPTURED TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STATES BOYFRIEND WAS PENETRATING HER VAGINA W/HANDLE OF HAIRBRUSH AN D END OF TRUSH BROKE OFF. DX. FB VAGINA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2009	Age: 27 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 FROM A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2009	Age: 47 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 STATES WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND POKED SELF IN EYE WITH BRUSH DX: CONJUCTIVAL ABRASION TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 10/07/2009	Age: 45 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
45 YOF, HIT EYE WITH HAIR BRUSH WHILE BRUSHING HAIR, CONTUSION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 35 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
35 Y O F BRUSHING HAIR HEARD A SNAP IN NECK STRAIN NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
47YO BLACK FEMALE WAS WRESTLING WITH DAUGHTER WITH A COMB IN HAND, COMB STUCK PT IN R 4TH DIGIT, DX PUNCTURE WOUND & LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 44 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
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK SELF WITH A BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WITH EARDRUM INJURY FROM STICKING COMB INTO EAR
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: 08/10/2009	Age: 41 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
PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR WHEN TURNED AND HAD SHARP PAIN IN NECK, R SHOULDER DX; ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2009	Age: 27 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
PT FELL ON A HAIR BRUSH WHICH POKED HER ABD THREE WEEKS AGO, NO HAS PAIN IN RIBS AND ABD, DX: ABD WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls
LAC TO EAR WHEN WALKING WITH A COMB IN EAR AND STRUCK A WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
EAR INJURY FROM STICKING COMB IN LEFT EAR. DX-LEFT EAR TYMPANIC MEMBRANE RUPTURE, LEFT EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	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
STRAIN L STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE: 27YOF BRUSHING HER HAIR, FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN L SIDE OF NECK, PAIN NECK TO SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR WHEN THE BRUSH CAUGHT HER EARRING AND PULLED IT THROUGH HER EAR, DX: LAC TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 38 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
CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR WITH A BRUSH AND FELT NECK POP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
FELT SHOULDER "POP" WHILE BRUSHING HAIR DX L SHOULDER PAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX EAR CANAL LACERATION - HIT BY CHILD WHILE CLEANING EAR WITH COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
R EAR PAIN, STUCK COMB IN IT DX: PERF TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION, STRUCK BY A HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 45 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
45 YOF POKED SELF LEFT EYE WITH COMB SUSTAINING CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 38 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
CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS COMBING HAIR AND TWISTED NECK WRONG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STUCK END OF COMB IN EAR, ACCIDENTALLY SUSTAINED RUPTURE OF TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BRUSHING HAIR W/BRUSH INJURED EAR LAC EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT POKED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A PLASTIC COMB AS SHE WAS BRUSHING H ER HAIR NOW THE EYE IS BLEEDING SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
C/O FRONTAL SCALP PAIN UPON COMBING HER HAIR, +LESION IN AREA >>CUTENOUS HORN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
EAR LAC-CUT EAR W/A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2009	Age: 29 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
PATIENT ACCIDENTLY STUCK COMB IN EYE. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION, RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT WAS COMBING HIS HAIR, FELT SOME SORT OF SNAP IN HIS LT SHOULDER HAS PAIN ON PARTICULAR RANGE OF MOTION. DX-LT SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2009	Age: 28 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
REACHING UP TO COMB HAIR, HAND & SHOULDER PAIN DX: NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2009	Age: 50 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
STUCK BRISTLES OF HAIRBRUSH IN (R) EYE-----CORNEAL ABRASION (R) EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
35 Y/O C/O NECK AND ARM PAIN AFTER BRUSHING HAIR THIS A.M. DX-NECK AND ARM PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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