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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 340
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/03/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THIGH WITH A BB GUN DX: F.B. L THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 19 Y/O M WITH BB PELLET IN R THIGH WHEN SHOT BY ACCIDENT WITH BB GUN AT FRIENDS HOUSE.DX; BB PELLET R THIGH REMOVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 17 YR OLD MALE WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THE THIGH WITH A PELLET GUN. FRIEND WAS CARRYING GUN DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS LOADED AND IT WENT OFF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| BB L THIGH/17YOWM SHOT A BB TOWARDS A BIRD.BB HIT OLD TIRE, RICHOCHED B ACK & IMBEDDED IN HIS L ANTERO-LATERAL THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| BB GUN PELLET IN THIGH DX: F.B. REMOVED R THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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