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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,877
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2005 | Age: 17 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, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT HAD A BB LODGED IN EAR AFTER FRIEND SHOT A BB GUN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| HIT BY BUCKSHOT FROM SHOTGUN CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 16 YO SHOT IN ARM WIT BB GUN FOREIGN BODY FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT IS BEING SEEN AFTER SHOT SELF IN THE HAND WITH BB GUN - BB IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT BB IN HEAD DX: FOREIGN BODY 1.5 SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PT. STATES GOT SHOT IN L HAND, SHOT W/PELLETS FROM SHOTGUN. DX. CONT L HAND, FB L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT SHOOTING A PELLET GUN WHEN IT RICOCHETED OFF HIS TARGET STRIKING IN RIGHT HAND PELLET RETAINED IN HAND FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PATIENT SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH BB GUN, WHEN TRYING TO SEPARATE DOGS FRO M FIGHTING. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO HAND, BB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2005 | Age: 18 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT HAD BB LODGED IN FINGER AFTER PT SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 23 YO SHOT IN HAND W/BB GUN FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT SHOT HIMSELF IN FINGER WITH BB GUN LAST NIGHT, BB IN 3RD FINGER ; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT SELF IN FINGER WITH A BB GUN AT HOME TODAY NOW HAS BB LODGED IN FI NGER,+BLEEDING/PAIN; RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER FOREIGN BODY (BB REMOVED) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| SHOT ABOUT A MONTH AGO DATE OF INJURY 09-12-2005 ATTEMPT TO REMOVE BB FROM FAMILY FAILED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT HAND WITH A BB GUN BB RETAINED I N HAND FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| HIT IN FOOT BY PELLET DX: PUNC TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| GSW - BB'S IN R HAND, LOW LUMBAR SPNE, R PELVIS, CHEST & NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS TRYING TO SHOOT A CHICKEN WITH A BB GUN AND ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIS BARE FOOT BB RETAINED IN FOOT FOREIGN BODY FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PW RT CALF(BB)PT WAS WALKING THRU WOODS AND WAS SHOT IN CALF WITH A BB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| GUNSHOT WOUND IN ABDOMEN.PT.REFERS WAS SHOT BY BB GUN ACCIDENTALLY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| POSS SHOTGUN PELLET IN CHIN AFTER SHOOTING IN NEIGHBORHOOD LAST EVENING . PUNCTURE WOUND R/O GSW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PELLET STUCK IN HAND FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT SHOOTING AT TREES WITH BB GUNS WITH COUSIN AT MOM'S BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE, COUSIN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT PT ON ARM FROM 15 FT; BB LODGED IN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT HAD BB SHOT AT HIM AND WAS IMBEDDED IN BACKSIDE FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE FACE WITH A CO2 CARTRIDGE BB GUN IN THE FACE AT 10 FEET AT HOME BY A FRIEND PUNCTURE WOUND FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN LT THUMB BY BB GUN, (BY FRIEND), FB FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2005 | Age: 19 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT CALF: INJURED SELF WITH BB GUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| WAS LOADING PELLET GUN WHEN IT WENT OFF IN HAND..PELLET TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| FOREIGN BODY HAND - 20 YOM WAS PLAYING WITH A BB GUN, THOUGHT THE SAFET Y WAS ON, SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2005 | Age: 20 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| FOREIGN BODY FINGER - BB IN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER - SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH BB GUN LAST WEEK - AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS SHOT IN LT FOREARM WITH PELLET GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| ACCIDENTIALLY SHOT HAND WITH BB GUN PUNCTURE BB GUN WOUND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/30/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT SHOT SELF IN FOREARM WITH BB FROM A BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PW TO FACE WHEN SUT WITH BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| BB STUCK IN LOWER LEG X 2 YEARS. DX: FOREIGN BODY LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2005 | Age: 24 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: BBs or pellets |
| 24 YO HAD 6YR OLD BB IN FINGER NOW HAS NUMBNESS AND SWELLING FOREIGN BODY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A BB FROM A BB GUN INTO HAND AT A FRIENDS HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT SHOT SELF INHAND WITH BB FROM A BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC PELLET DX EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT STATES FRIEND THOUGHT BB GUN WAS EMPTY AND SHOT PT WITH BB IN MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2005 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT PLAYING WITH BB AT HOME, SHOT SELF IN LT FOOT ACCIDENTLY , FB LT FOO T |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 19 YO - DX: GSW TO R UPPER ARM - WAS WALKING FROM A STORE & A 5 YO CHIL D WHO WAS WITH HIS DAD SHOT THE BB GUN AT HER & BB WENT INTO HER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT AT A FRIENDS HOUSE TWO DAYS AGO ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN THE RIGHT HA ND WITH A BB GUN BB WENT IN HAND NOW IT IS SWELLING AND PAINFUL PW HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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