Most people visit the barbershop for a trim and leave without ever thinking about the risks that they've just encountered. While it's true that the vast majority of barbershop visits are perfectly safe — other than perhaps a minor nick on the back of your neck — there are also some risks that could be more serious. If you sustained an injury of any nature at a barbershop, and it's impacting your life by limiting your ability to work or impeding your emotional health, you should retain a personal injury attorney and talk about the incident. The attorney may feel that you have a worthwhile case. Here are some injuries that could fall into this category.
Cut And Infection
While minor cuts can occasionally happen when you visit the barber, they're rarely anything to consider legal action over. However, it's possible for a barber to be negligent and cut you seriously with his or her scissors, electric shears, or straight razor somewhere on your head, face, or neck. There's even more reason to be concerned if you develop an immediate infection, as this can suggest that the barber's implements were not clean. Barbers frequently disinfect their tools, but some can occasionally put off doing so because they're busy. If your attorney can build a case that links your infection to the barber's negligence, your injury claim will have merit.
Disease Transmission
It's also possible to contract a contagious disease from a visit to your barbershop. This can occur in a variety of ways. For example, if a barber were to cut someone's neck to the point that it bleeds, and then later wipe this person's neck with a brush, the contaminated blood could soak into the brush. If you were to climb into the barber's chair for a haircut immediately afterward, and have the barber use the same brush on you, there's a possibility that the contaminated blood could get into your body through any small nicks on your skin.
Chair Fall
If a barbershop's chair is in any degree of disrepair, it might not support you while you're sitting in it or while you're attempting to climb in or out of it. The result could be that you suffer a nasty fall, perhaps breaking one or more bones or straining ligaments of muscles. There's also a chance of sustaining a head or facial injury from hitting your head on the floor or on the chair on the way down. A legal investigation may be able to reveal that the chair wasn't kept in good repair, which suggests that the barbershop was negligent for your accident.
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