Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - Year 2007 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,665
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	84
6-15 years old:	745
16-25 years old:	602
26-50 years old:	115
50+ years old:	117

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT SELF W/BB GUN TO L INDEX FINGER AT HOME DX; FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
GOT FINGER STUCK IN AIR-TRIGGERED BB GUN DX DISTAL FINGER AMPUTATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/09/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Bicycles or accessories
SHOT C A BBGUN BY RANDOM GROUP OF BOYS WHILE RIDING A BIKE >> PW/GSW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
BB IN L LITTLE FINGER W/BB GUN DX; FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
CLEANING BB GUN AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH BB LODGED IN FI NGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
L 3RD FINGER SHOT BY BB GUN HIMSELF DX; FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT IN THE FINGER WITH A PELLET GUN. UNKNOWN INTENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT COCKED GUN& CAUGHT FINGER-FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
10 YOM WAS PLAYING WITH AN AIR RIFLE SUSTAINING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT BY BROTHER WITH BB GUN TO FINGER DX FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN. DX FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT BB GUN FELL ON PTS FINGER AT HOME TODAY WHILE MOTHER WAS TRYING TO T AKE GUN AWAY FROM BABY DX// OPEN FX LEFT SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF W/BB GUN WHILE CLEANING GUN AT HOME,. DX. FB L INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT SELF IN FINGER WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
INJECTED FINGER WITH PELLET GUN, DX; PHALANX FX, FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT IN FINGER WITH A BB GUN. DX FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
BB IN L INDEX FINGER WHEN SHOT SELF BY MISTAKE AT HOME W/BB GUN. DX. F B L INDEX FINGER, REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
WAS INJURED ON A PELLET GUN; WENT TO COCK THE MECHANISM AND CAUGHT FING ER. LACERATION, RIGHT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
CAUGHT FINGER IN SPRING OF OLD UNLOADED BB GUN AMPUTATING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT IN LEFT THUMB BY BB GUN FOREIGN BODY, BB SHOT LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS WALKING OUT OF HOUSE & SOME KID WAS PLAYING WITH BB GUN & ACCIDENTALLY SHOT PT IN FINGER, DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN FINGER WITH AIR RIFLE PUNCTURE RT INDEX UNINTENTIONAL OT STA TED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT L INDEX FINGER W/BB GUN ACCIDENTALLY DX; BB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GSW WITHFB 2ND FINGER.PT WAS CLEANING BB GUN AND IT WENT OFF INTO FING ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN FINGER WITH BB GUN RB FOREIGN BODY IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
AT HOME PT STUCK R INDEX FINGER OUT WHEN SOMEONE WAS SHOOTING PELLET GUN, DX BB IN FINGER/FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
7 Y/O F SUS A LEFT 3RD FINGER INJURY X TODAY. PT WAS LEFT ALONE WITH A LOADED BB GUN AND PT SHOT SELF ACCIDENTLY. DX FX 3RD FINGER LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
14 YOM FX L INDEX FINGER IN BOLT OF A PELLET GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACC SHOT SELF INTO FINGER C BB GUN, TRIED TO DIG THE PELLET OUT C KNIFE NOW FINGER SWOLLEN CREDNESS " CELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/27/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
22 Y/O M CUT R THUMB ON FRIENDS PELLET GUN AT HOME. DX; R THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FB R THUMB; SHOOTING @ TARGET IN YARD @ HOME WITH BB GUN. SISTER JOSTLE D TRIGGER & BB LODGED IN THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN/FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC FINGER PAIN, SHOT ACCIDENTALLY WITH BB GUN TODAY DX-FINGER PAIN,
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/03/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT FINGER WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
THREW A PIECE OF GLASS INTO AIR AND HIT IT WITH BUTT OF BB GUN AND GLAS S SHATTERED CUTTING FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF W/BB GUN L 2ND DIGIT. DX. PW/FB BB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER FRACTURE: BOLT SLID FORWARD ON AIR RIFLE AND PINCHED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT SHOT WITH AIR BB GUN IN LEFT THUMB AT HOME. FOREIGN BODY TO LEF T THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HURT THUMB IN BB GUN LEVER CONTUSION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
72 YOM WAS SHOOTING SQUIRRELS WITH A BB GUN AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, HAS PELLET STILL IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT AND HER BROTHER WERE PLAYING WITH B.B. GUN BROTHER ACCIDENTLY SHOT B.B. TO RIGHT RING FINGER. DX FOREIGN BODY TO FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT WAS SHOT WITH A BB GUN IN HIS LT INDEX FINGER. DX - FOREIGN BODY TO THE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
19 YOM SHOT SELF RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH BB GUN, HAD BEEN TOLD GUN WAS UNLOADED, HAS A BB EMBEDDED IN FINGERTIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT INJURED THUMB WHILE USING A BB GUN DX: FRACTURE RIGHT DISTAL METACARPAL AND 1ST PHALYNX RIGHT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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