Accidents - BBs or pellets - 0-5 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,607
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Ear:	955	Face:	415
Internal:	159	Upper Trunk:	34
Eyeball:	27	Head:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT.AT HOME & STUCK A PLASTIC BB IN RT.EAR. DX; F.B. RT. EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
3 YO M STUCK PLASTIC BB IN EAR*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PUT AIR SOFT BB IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HIT IN EYE W/RUBBER BB WHEN SIBLING FIRED BB GUN, NOW W/EYE PAIN; CO RNEAL LACERATION, HYPHEMA OF IRIS AND CILIARY BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2008	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: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
DX FB IN R EAR--REMOVED: PLACED PLASTIC "PELLET BB" IN HIS EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
INJURY TO NOSE FROM PUTTING PLASTIC PELLET IN LEFT NARE. DX-FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL LEFT NARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
HE PLACED A PLASTIC BB IN RT EAR CANAL DX: FB IN EAR CANAL- REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2008	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets, Floors or flooring materials
SHW WAS FOUND WITH LEAD AIR RIFLE GUN PELLETS, FEW SCATTERED ON FLOOR, AROUND HER- NONE IN HER MOUTH. DX: CONCERN FOR FB/ LEAD INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB IN R EAR CANAL, FB R EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
MOM REPORTS CHILD PUT BB IN R EAR @ DAYCARE. FB R EAR, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
3YOM WAS HOME PLACED A BB IN HIS LEFT EAR; FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL,EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PUT BB IN EAR;DX FOREIGN BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
DX FB IN EAR: STUCK A PLASTIC BB IN HER EAR. C/O R EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB IN RT NOSTRIL/ NASAL FB, SPONTANEOUSLY RESOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
STUCK AIR PELLET UP NOSE FOREIGN BODY IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets
PT SWALLOWED A BB FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PUT AIRSOFT GUN PELLET IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 4 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: BBs or pellets
EAR FB-PUT A BB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BROTHER SHOT HIM WITH BB GUN ;THOUGHT GUN WAS EMPTY;DX CONTUSED CHEST,N O ENTRANCE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS ACCID. SHOT IN NOSE W/ A PELLET GUN BY DAD A FEW DAYS AGO. HAS S MALL RED MARK NEAR BRIDGE OF NOSE. NO PENET. TRAUMA. DX NASAL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PATIENT'S MOM IS CONCERNED PT HAS SOMETHING IN HIS EARS, THINKS THEY ARE BB'S, IN EARS FOR 2 HRS. DX-FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL-BB'S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT STUCK A BB IN HER EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN CHEST BY A BB GUN, ON 07/27/2008, BY A FRIEND, MOM JUST FOIUND OUT TODAY. DX: BB IN CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT STUCK A BEBE IN EAR AT HOME DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
SMALL PLASTIC BB L EAR DX; FB TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 5 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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PLAYING IN PARK WHEN A 18 YR OLD CHILD AIMED BB GUN AT HIM AND SHOT HIM IN UPPER CHEST,POSSIBLE RETALIATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
NOSE FB-PT PUT BB'S IN NOSE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PATIENT PUT A PLASTIC BB IN EAR. DX-FOREIGN BODY EAR. CORRECTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
MOTHER STATES PATIENT PUT BB IN LEFT EAR. DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT W/A BB IN EAR CANAL YEST, ONE GREEN PLASTIC BB REMOVED FROM EAR; EAR FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets, Floors or flooring materials
CHILD FOUND IN BEDROOM WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF BB'S ON FLOOR. PT THREW UP 3 BB'S. SWALLOWED MORE. BB'S IN STOMACH. D:FOREIGN BODY INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets
PT SWALLOWED A BB. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT PUT A BB IN RIGHT EAR. D : FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT PLAYING IN YARD W/FRIENDS & SHOT UNDER EYE W/BB GUN, C/O BLURRED VIS ION, PERIORBITAL ECCHYMOSIS & SWELLING; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PUT BB IN EAR;DX FOREIGN BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY HIT BY BB/SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PUT MULTIPLE PLASTIC PELLETS FROM CAP GUN IN BOTH EARS DX: F.B. (PELLETS) IN EARS--REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT HAS A BB STUCK IN EAR. D: FOREIGN BODY TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB STUCK IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PUT BB IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT WITH BB GUN IN CHEST (SUPERFICIAL) BY FRIEND OF FATHERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
GRANDMOTHER STATES PT PUT A BB IN HER EAR FOREING BODY BB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT PUT A YELLOW BB IN LT EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT W/PLASTIC BB IN R EAR, PARENTS UNSURE HOW LONG FB HAS BEEN IN R EAR. DX. FB R EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
3 YO F PUT A BB UP HER NOSE, FOREING BODY REMOVED*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets, Containers
@HOME GOT AHOLD AIR GUN PELLETS-OPENED CONTAINER & ATE 5 PELLETS 6MM LO NG-LEAD W/3-4 CM TAPER+COPPER BB BALLTIP, FB COLON REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/04/2008	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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN/SCLERAL CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT PUT A BB IN RIGHT EAR FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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