Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,176
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1999:	148
Year 2000:	24
Year 2001:	33
Year 2002:	122
Year 2003:	102
Year 2004:	185
Year 2005:	78
Year 2006:	142
Year 2007:	169
Year 2008:	49
Year 2009:	92
Year 2010:	26

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

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: 12/10/2010	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: 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: 11/07/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
7YO HISP MALE AT HOME HIT IN HEAD WITH BRUSH THAT BROTHER THREW DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HIT IN HEAD W/A CONE OR COMB, NOW W/CONTUSION TO FOREHEAD, NO LOC; H EAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SOMEONE THREW A HAIR BRUSH & IT HIT BACK OF HEAD DX SCALP LAC *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 10 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, Other drugs or medications
MOM USED LICE SHAMPOO ON PATIENT 2 DAYS AGO, RUBBING TOO HARD W/LICE COMB, NOW HAS SUPERFICIAL SCALP ABRASIONS FROM COMB; SCALP ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT GETTING HAIR COMBED WHEN FELL FLAT ON HER FACE HITTING NOSE, BL EEDING FROM NOSE, VOMITING; HEAD INJURY, HAIR GROOMING SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2008	Age: 10 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
10 YO BROKE COMB TOOTH IN HEAD LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE AT A FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A HAIRBRUSH THROWN BY A FRIEND. PT DIZZY. DX CONCUSSIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	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
10 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEA WIH HAIRBRUSH LACERATION SCALP
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: 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: 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: 10/17/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CHI, FELL WHEN BRUSHING HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT IN HEAD WITH HAIR BRUSH; LACERATION TO SCAPL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HEAD CONTUSION, VIA EMS, MOTHER STS PT STRUCK W/A HAIRBRUSH IN THE SCHOOL, C/O PAIN, SWELLING, TENDERNESS, NO DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH A BRUSH.DX HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	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
PATIENT HAD PREVIOUS HEAD WOUND 10 YEARS AGO, HAD PERM DONE 2-3 DAYS A GO, WAS COMBING HAIR AND NOTED BLOOD, HAS HEADACHE; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
NOTICED TICK ON SCALP WHEN BRUSHING HAIR; FB REMOVED FROM SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2005	Age: 7 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
STANDING WHILE MOM WAS DOING HAIR BRUSHING HAIR WHEN SHE FAINTED HITTING HEAD D SYNCOPAL EPISODE W HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2004	Age: 11 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 WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND INJURED HEAD. DX HEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials
WHILE GETTING HAIR BRUSHED FELL ONTO FLOOR DX: CONTUSION SCALP, NEW ONSET SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT REPOTS SISTER THREW A PLASTIC COMB WHICH BROKE HITTING PT IN HEAD WI TH BLEEDING, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SCALP AB-APPARENTLY INJURED WHILE COMBING HER HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD WITH A METAL HAIR PICK LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 12 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: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH A "PRESSING COMB" BY EX-FRIEND, LACERATION TO H EAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2003	Age: 8 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CHILD KNOCKED ON BROW BY HAIRBRUSH. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, EYEBROW LACE RATION, SIMPLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SUSTAINED BURN TO SCALP FROM HOT COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	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
PT STATES HER SISTER HIT HER WITH A COMB DX HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX MINOR HEAD TRAUMA - PT C/O HIS HEAD W/HAIR BRISH LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK WITH HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 8 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
ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH A BRUSHDX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY AFTER BEING HIT WITH A BRUSH BY HIS BROTHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2001	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2000	Age: 10 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2000	Age: 6 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/1999	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/1999	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/1999	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/1999	Age: 7 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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