Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - Years 1997-2010 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,274
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	93
Year 1998:	161
Year 1999:	41
Year 2000:	57
Year 2001:	190
Year 2002:	365
Year 2003:	156
Year 2004:	115
Year 2005:	361
Year 2006:	248
Year 2007:	230
Year 2008:	94
Year 2009:	69
Year 2010:	88

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	6
6-15 years old:	930
16-25 years old:	571
26-50 years old:	458
50+ years old:	307

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/01/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
WRIST FB-9YOM ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF WITH A BB GUN AND HAD A BB IN WRIST AT HOME. PT WENT TO SURGERY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/07/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
10YOM FIRED A BB GUN AT A 9MM SHELL THAT HE HELD ON TOP OF BB GUN, BULL ET FIRED AND CAME BACK AND HIT PT IN WRIST DX- WRIST LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FB TO WRIST-HAD BEEN SHOOTING BB GUN, WENT TO SIT IT DOWN NOT REALIZING THERE WERE STILL BB'S IN IT AND IT WENT OFF AND SHOT WRIST AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
CONTUSION LEFT WRIST-C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TO LEFT WRIST WHEN SHE WAS A CCIDENTALLY HIT BY A B B GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
WRIST PW-SHOT W/A BB GUN WHILE HORSING AROUND W/A FRIEND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GOT SHOT IN HAND WITH BB GUN LAST PM ACCIDENTALLY DX FB WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GSW WRIST-BB GUN WOUND TO WRIST, WOUND WASHED AND DRESSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HERSELF WITH AIR RIFLE PELLET WENT INTO LEFT WRIST. DX-FOREIGN BODY WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Animal induced injury
CELLULITIS LT WRIST: STATES PUMPING UP BB GUN TO SCARE ANIMAL IN HER YARD, AFTERWARDS, LT WRIST BECAME RED AND PAINFUL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS LOADING BB GUN AND BB HIT FLOOR THEN HIT PATIENT IN WRIST DX: WRIST ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS WORKING IN BACK YARD & NEIGHBER WAS TARGET SHOOTING W/PELLET GUN & PT WAS HIT. DX: PELLET GSW R WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC WRIST PAIN, WAS SHOT WITH BB GUN BY 12Y/O ACCIDENTALLY. DX-FOREIGN BODY WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN THE WRIST WITH A BB GUN DX: R WRIST FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT'S FRIEND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIM IN THE WRIST WITH AN AIR POWERED PELL ET GUN. DX. GSW WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT ON RIGHT WRIST WITH A BB GUN DX: WRIST ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT WITH A GUN TO WRIST AT HOME NON DISPLACE FX, POSSIBLE RADICAL ARTERY NICK
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/24/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB SHOT TO WRIST FB WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
77YMC POWDER BURNS TO WRIST AFTER SHOOTING 357 PISTOL STEADIED GUN WITH WRIST/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2005	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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT W BB GUN BY UNKNOWN PERSON FB WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 18 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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS AT A PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT USING A PAINTBALL GUN WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS RT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
WRIST, SHOT IN WRIST WITH BB, FRIEND JUMPING ON TRAMPOLINE WITH LOADED BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PUTTING UP AIR BB GUN, ACCIDENTLY SHOTBB IN RIGHT HAND. FOREIGN BODY IN RT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTLY SHOOTING W/ BB GUN INTO WRIST DX WRIST F B (METALLIC BB) , LAC TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT W/BB GUN IN WRIST/LEG AT PARK. DX: BB R WRIST/THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS TWIRLING A RIFLE AND IT HIT HER IN THE WRIST DX: WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PELLET STUCK IN WRIST WHEN ACCIDENTLY SHOT WELF WITH PELLET GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
WAS CARRYING A BB GUN AND IT WENT OFF HITTING PT IN THE LEFT WRIST. BB IN LEFT WRIST.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN WRIST BY A FRIEND WITH A BB GUN. FOREIGN BODY LEFT WRIST. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PAIN TO ARM HIT WITH PAINT BALL DX: FRACTURE TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PERSON WAS HIT WITH THE PROJECTILE OUT OF THE PAINT BALL GUN,FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT BY A PELLET GUN DX: FB LT WRIST REMOVED, LAC REPAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS INJURED WHEN FELL ON A BB GUNDX: LEFT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
BB GSW TO WRIST WHEN SHOT ACCIDENTALLY BY FRIEND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2001	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2001	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2001	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/16/2001	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2001	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/03/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		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: 07/08/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2000	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2000	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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2000	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/1999	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		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: 03/20/1999	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/1999	Age: 17 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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/1998	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/1998	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/1998	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/1997	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/1997	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/1997	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		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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