Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 680
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	19
Year 1998:	93
Year 1999:	89
Year 2000:	5
Year 2001:	6
Year 2002:	15
Year 2003:	34
Year 2004:	42
Year 2005:	5
Year 2006:	180
Year 2007:	51
Year 2008:	21
Year 2009:	90
Year 2010:	22

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/31/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
3YOM PLAYING OUTSIDE W/ BROTHER WHEN HE ACCID SHOT PT IN L EYE W/ BB. U NK RANGE. REDNESS, TEARING. DX L CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2010	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
20 MO F SHOT IN EYE WITH BB GUN AT CLOSE RANGE;DX HEMORRHAGE EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/01/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
4 YR M SHOT IN EYE WITH *** GUN BY ANOTHER CHILD FROM A FEW FEET SW AY;DX EYEBALL SUBCONJUCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 03/13/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
3YOM FIRED A SPRING-LOADED PLASTIC PELLET GUN AT HIS EYE, AT HOME DX; BLUNT EYE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2009	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
18 MOF WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THE EYE WITH A BB GUN, NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. DX-FOREIGN BODY, BB, RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PTS 5YO BROTHER PICKED UP OLDER BROTHERS BB GUN, SHOT PT IN R EYE 2 DAY S AGO. SEV PAIN, REDNESS. DIDNT TAKE PT FOR TX UNTIL NOW. DX TRAUM HYP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/PLASTIC BB FROM AIR GUN AT PARK. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR, HYPHEMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
DX CORNEAL INJ:P/W INJ TO L EYE. SHOT HIMSELF W AIR GUN W PLASTIC PELLET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2009	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB GUN SHOT TO EYE BY BROTHER FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT WITH PELLET FROM TOY GUN;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS STRUCK IN EYE W/PELLET GUN YESTERDAY. DX: L EYE HYPHEMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB GUN INJURY TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/AIR SOFT PELLET FROM 3 FT AWAY. DX: FB L EYE, PENETRATING INJURY, RETINAL INJURY, L UPPER EYELID LAC.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT X TODAY WAS SHOT WITH A BB GUN IN THE LEFT EYE. PT STATES WAS SHOT F ORM UNKNOWN PLACE OR PERSON. DX. SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PAINTBALL GUN SHOT EYE SMALL PART NEEDED TO BE REMOVED FROM EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PLAYING W/ LOADED BB GUN AND SHOT SELF IN L EYE DX: BB GUNSHOT WOUND TO L EYE; ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/04/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT SELF WITH PELLET GUN DX: CORNEAL INJURY WITH PROB. OPEN GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/23/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
BB BOUNCED OFF A WALL & HIT PT IN THE RT EYE, PT WAS PLAYING WITH KIDS THAT WERE SHOOTING BB GUN. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB GUN SHOT TO L EYE DX: TRAUMA TO L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
CHILD HIT IN EYE WITH SINGLE SOFT BB PELLET FROM 6 FEET AWAY. BROTHER W AS PLAYING WITH GUN WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. D:CORNEAL BRASION, HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SUPERFICIL BB GUN INJURY , ACCIDENTLY SHOT BY BROTHER .BB TO LATER ORBI T. OPEN WOUND OCULAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN THE EYE WITH A BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT WITH BB GUN UNDER EYE DX: FB (BB PELLET) UNDER EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
EYE HEMORRHAGE, HIT IN EYE WITH PAINT BALL
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 08/25/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT PLAYING WITH BROTHER WAS HIT IN LT EYE WITH A PAINT BALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
WAS SHOT IN EYE W/ PELLET GUN FROM BROTHER DX PUNCTURE TO EYE, RUPTURE D GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT. WAS HIT IN RT. EYE BY A PAINTBALL PELLETDX: BLUNT EYEBALL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PLASTIC PIECES STUCK IN PT EYE AFTER HE SHOT HIMSELF WITH A POTATO GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN EYE WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT PLAYING WITH AIR GUN AND DISCHARGED IN EYE, NO OBJECT IN GUN; C ORNEAL ABRASION, HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
MOM WALKING INTO HOUSE WHEN A CAR DROVE BY SHOOTING PAINTBALL GUN, PT H IT DIRECTLY IN THE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 4 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
CONTUSION TO EYE WHEN SHOT BY BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT IN EYE WITH A PELLET FROM A BB GUN ON ACCIDENT. DX FOREIGN BODY TO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/02/2001	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2000	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/1999	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/31/1999	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/1999	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/21/1998	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/1998	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/1998	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/1997	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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