Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - 6-15 years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 857
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	169	Neck:	136
Mouth:	106	Eyeball:	102
Finger:	95	Face:	88
Shoulder:	84	Ear:	42
Pubic Region:	15	Knee:	6
Elbow:	5	Hand:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2007	Age: 12 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
HAIR BRUSH FELL INTO EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PIECE OF COMB IN EAR. DX FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 14 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
PT COMBING HIS HAIR WITH HANDS ABOVE HEAD AND STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS COMBING HER HAIR AND NOW HAS PAIN TO NECK. D: ACUTE CERVICAL S TRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
THUMB TENDERNESS-FELT A "POP" WHILE COMBING HER HAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	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: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
12 YOM HIT ON HEAD WITH BRUSH LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2007	Age: 8 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
CUT HEAD WHEN HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	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
COMBING HAIR WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF NECK PAIN CERVICAL STRAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT IN FOREHEAD WITH BRUSH WHILE RIDING ON SCHOOL BUS, LACERATION FOREH EAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Basketball
PATIENT PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH A COMB/PICK IN MOUTH; PUNCTURE WOUND TO GUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
11 YO F LACERATION TO LIP HIT IN MOUTH WITH BRUSH WHILE ARGUING WITH HER SISTER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX CONTUSION RT ORBIT - C/O "MY SISTER HIT ME IN THE EYE W/A BRUSH YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DX: NECK PAIN/ SPASMS FROM BRUSHING HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HAIR COMB HIT KNEE CAUSED CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
C/O NECK/SHDR PAIN THAT STARTED WHEN BRUSHING HAIR & HEARD POP, PAIN IN CREASED THRUOUT DAY, NECK PAIN/MUSCLE SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PLAYING WITH SIBLING AND HIT IN MOUTH WITH A HAIRBRUSH, DX DENTAL INJU RY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2007	Age: 9 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 WITH ABRASION TO EYE, WAS POKED WITH A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH HER BROTHER IN THE CAR AND STRUCK IN THE RIG HT EAR WITH A PIG TAIL COMB ABRASION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT STABBED HER HAND WITH SHARP END OF COMB; PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
15 Y/O F SUS A EAR INJURY X TODAY. PT WHILE AT HOME PT STUCK A COMB HAN DLE TOO FAR IN EAR WITH FORCE. DX PERFORATION OF THE RIGHT TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SHOULDER PAIN WHILE COMBING HAIR. DX. L SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT ON ELBOW WITH A HAIRBRUSH AT SCHOOL. DX HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 13 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
13 YO FEMALE HAS HEAD PAIN AFTER COMBING HAIR CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HAS A PIERCED TONGUE AT THE JAIL AND PLACED A TOOTH FROM HER COMB TO KEEP HOLE PEN NOW UNABLE TO REMOVE IT FB TONGUE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2007	Age: 7 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
PT RECEIVED LACERATION WITH HEMATOMA TO SCALP WHEN SISTER THREW HAIR BRUSH AND HIT SIDE OF HEAD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	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 PRESENTED WITH CORNEAL ABRASION TO RIGHT EYE. PT AND SIBLING WERE PL AYING AND POSSIBLY A COMB WAS THROWN STRIKING PT IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
6 YOM LAC THUMB WALKING CARRING COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LAC TO EAR WHEN STRUCK EAR WITH A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SISTER THREW A BRUSH AT PT DX: LAC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
6 YOM ATTEMPTED TO PLACE TIP END OF A RAT TAIL COMB INTO HIS PENIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2007	Age: 7 years	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
HIT HEAD WITH A BRUSH. DX ABRASION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT LIFTED HAND OVER HEAD TO COMB HAIR, SHOULDER PAIN, DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT EYE WITH A HAIR BRUSH. DX LACERATION EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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