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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 67
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT AT SCHOOL AND STABBED IN ARM WITH SHARP END OF A COMB. NO ASSAULT. DX FB FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| POKED BY COMB IN ARM, PIN HOLE SIZE PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT CUT HIMSELF ON A THINNING COMB. DX-LACERATION FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Hair dryers |
| SPASM/STRAIN OF THE ARM- SUSTAINED WHEN SHE WAS BLOW DRYING HER HAIR. S HE HAD THE BLOW DRYER IN ONE HAND AND THE COMB IN ANOTHER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT IN THE LOWER ARM WITH A BRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2001 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/1999 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/1999 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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