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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,359
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | 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 |
| SHOT BACK OF R LEG W/PELLET GUN DX: PW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS SHOT IN THE KNEE WITH A BB GUN BY BROTHER WHEN PLAYING AROUND - BB IN KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 24 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| FB LT MIDDLE FINGER-REMOVED.PT WAS USING A BB GUN AND IT DISCHARGED AND BB LODGED IN FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 19 YO M FORIEGN BODY TO SHOULDER ACCIDENTIALLY SHOT BY FRIEND WITH BB GUN BB PELLETS IN SHOULDER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | 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 |
| HIT IN FOOT WITH A PELLET FROM BB GUN. DX FOREIGN BODY WOUND TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 18 YO SHOT IN KNEE BY BB GUN GSW TO KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 20 YOF ACCIDENTALLY SHOT LEFT CALF WITH PELLET GUN, PELLET WAS A RICHOC HET AND PENETRATED PT'S LEFT CALF, DX: FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| DX TRAUMATIC IRITIS/CORNEAL ABRASION: YTDY, WAS SHOT W A PLASTIC PELLET TO R EYE. STILL HAV'G BLURRED VISION, WATERY, PHOTO PHOBIA, REDNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT SHOT IN CHEST AT CLOSE RANGE WITH BB GUN YESTERDAY, PAIN WITH D EEP BREATHS; CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| WALKING DOWN STREET AND SHOT IN EYEBROW WITH BB EMBEDDED IN FOREHEAD A ND REMOVED IN ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 18 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 WAS SHOT IN THE LEFT HAND APPROX 1 MONTH AGO BY A BB WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IT OUT, HAS HAD MORE PAIN. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| EYE INJURY FROM BEING HIT IN RIGHT EYE WITH BB. DX-ACUTE BLUNT TRAUMA EYE,CORNEAL ABRASION, PHOTO PHOBIA, EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| FB LT EAR.PTS FRIEND STUCK A BB IN EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT SHOT IN FOREARM BY ACCIDENT W/BB GUN AS HE WALKED OUT OF A STORE, NO W W/REDNESS AND SWELLING; WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| DX FB L FOREARM: WAS SHOT W AIR-RIFLE 9 JUL AT 1900; BELIEVES PELLET STILL IN FA. PALPABLE ARE W POSS FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 21 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, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT SUSTAINED GUNSHOT WOUND 2 NIGHTS AGO THAT WENT THRU A CAR WINDOW & THEN GOT HIM IN LT MIDDLE FINGER. DX-METALLIC F.B.-FINGER, PELLETS-FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT PLAYING SHOT IN THE RIGHT EYE ACCIDENTLY IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A PLA STIC BB FROM AN AIR PISTOL ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | 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, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN THE RIGHT HAND WITH A CO2 POWERED BB GUN BB RETGAINED FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH NEPHEW AND WAS SHOT WITH PLASTIC PELLET IN EYE DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN BACK BY BB GUN BY FRIEND DX: GUNSHOT WOUND,S/P RE MOVAL BB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF WITH PELLET GUN / GSW NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 PLAYING AROUND WITH A BB GUN WITH FRIEND WHEN HE WAS ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE LEFT HAND BB RETAINED FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN/EYE CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PT WAS ACCIDENRLY SHOT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH AN "***" PELLET GUN EYE INJ URY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| FB L FOREARM/18YOM SHOT SELF IN L ARM W/BB GUN. BELIEVES PELLET MAY BE EMBEDDED IN L ARM. DENIES OTHER INJURY. POSITIVE ETOH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 19 YO BB GSW TO EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 17 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| BB STUCK IN WRIST WHEN SHOT WITH BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT POUT HUNTING RABBITS AND SHOT SELF IN THE RIGHT GREAT TOE WITH A PEL LET GUN FB TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 ACCIDENTAL SHOT WITH A BB FROM A BB GUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH PELLET GUN/GSW FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | 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 WAS UNLOADING A BB GUN LAST NIGHT WHEN SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH BB. D: BB FOREIGN BODY, HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN/GSW EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 18 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT MESSING AROUND WITH A BB GUN WITH FRIEND ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE LEFT WRIST BB RETAINED FB WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 HAS A BB STUCJ IN FOOT AFTER SHOT SELF IN THE FOOT WITH A BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT SHOT IN THE LEFT EAR THREE WEEKS AGO WITH A BB GUN BB STRUCK EAR AND NOW THE AREA IS HARD RED AND SWOLLEN GRANULOMA FORMATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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