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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,152
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| FOOLING AROUND WITH BROTHER-IN-LAW AND BB GUN WENT OFF. SHOT PT. IN CA LF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT FELT LEG PAIN WHEN TAKING OUT TRASH AT HOME, LEG STARTED TO BLE ED, PUNCTURE WOUND TO LOWER LEG; PELLET GUN WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Ceilings and walls |
| PT WAS SHOT IN THE LEG; BULLET WENT THROUGH THE WALL STRIKING HER DX: GUNSHOT WOUND LEFT TIBIA & FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/22/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT WAS SHOT WITH A BB GUN BY A FRIEND ,BB EMBEDDED IN LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| W/ FRIEND IN BACKYARD FENCED AREA, WAS SHOT THRGH HOLE IN FENCE W/BB GU N FELL TO GROUND, IMBEDDED BB, NOT REMOVED IN ED;PENETRATNG LEG INJRY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| FRIEND SHOT HIM WITH BB GUN IN LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| SHOT IN LEG WITH B.B. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT SHOT WITH PELLET GUN; FB LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT GOT SHOT WITH A BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS HIT IN THE LOWER LEG BY A BB GUN. DX LOWER LEG PUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT REPORTS BEING SHOT IN RT LOWER LEG WITH BB-GUN/ PELLET BY HIS FRIEND DIDNT KNOW IT WAS LOADED, FB/REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Fences or fence posts |
| PT PLAYING PAINTBALL AT A PAINT BALL PARK WAS RUNNING TRYING TO CLIMB A FENCE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| SHOT SELF IN LEG WITH B.B. GUN DX: PUNC TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SUPERFICIAL LAC ATO RIGHT CALF. PT AT A DEMONSTRATION MARCHING AND WAS HIT BY PELLETS FROM A PELLET GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS SHOT IN THE LEFT CALF WITH A BB GUN (PELLET INTACT) - CONT CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT WAS SHOT WITH BB GUN ON RT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS SHOT IN THE LEG WITH A BB GUN. LOWER LEG PUNCTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| LT LOWER LEG FB-ACCIDENTLY SHOT W/ BB GUN-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| GUN SHOT TO LOWER LEG WITH BB GUN. DX. FB TO LT SHIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT SHOT W/ BB IN (R) CALF. EXPOLRED NO EVIDENCE OF FOREIGN OBJECT. DX: LEG WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PUNCTURE WOUND R CALF - SHOT LEG WITH BB GUN WHEN TRYING TO REPAIR IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PUNCTURE LOWER LEG - PATIENT REPORTS HE SHOT SELF IN LEFT LOWER LEG WIT H A PELLET GUN - SLIPPED ON ICE AND GUN DISCHARGED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 15 YOM PLAYING PAINTBALL LAC LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT WAS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE LEG WITH A BB GUN BY 9 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR ACCIDENTALLY. D: SKIN ABRASION 2ND TO BB GUN SHOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Fences or fence posts |
| LACERATION LOWER LEG - 13 YOM WAS RUNNING AND FELL IN A FIELD WHILE PLA YING PAINTBALL, POSSIBLY FELL ON BARBED WIRE FENCING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED / PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| RT LOWER LEG FB-AT COUSIN'S HOUSE-ACCIDENTLY SHOT W/A PELLET GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN; FB LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| 16YOM MESSING AROUND W/FRIEND & BB GUN, ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BB GUN INTOLE G DX: ACCIDENTAL BBGUN L LOW LEG/F.B. REMOVED BB FROM L LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PW TO LEG WHEN SHOT WITH BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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