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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 201
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/21/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Lighters |
| HE WAS HOLDING A HANDFUL OF GUN PRIMER PELLETS IN HIS LT HAND, IN THE G GARAGE, & LIT THEM WITH A LIGHTER- BILAT. EYE PAIN. DX; ORBITAL FB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Poles |
| PT WAS STANDING OUTSIDE SOMEONE FIRED A GUN AND IT BOUNCED ON A POLE AN D WENT INTO LEG GRAZED WOUND LOWER LEG # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Vises or workshop clamps |
| BULLET CARTRIDGE EXPLODED WHEN THE BRASS END WAS PUT IN A VISE MULTIPLE PW'S TO CHEST AND ARMS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Metal cookware |
| PT PUT GUNPOWDER IN A PAN AND LIT IT AND IT BURNED HIS FACE. NO FD. DX: CENTRAL FACIAL THERMAL BURNS. |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Metal containers |
| PATIENT PUT GUN POWDER IN A COAL CAN, PUT BOTTLE ROCKET IN CAN WHICH CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED RIGHT HAND. DX-BURN TO HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Hammers |
| HIT BULLET WITH HAMMER AND IT WENT INTO LOWER LEG;DX FOREIGN BODY LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Matches |
| THREW A LIT MATCH ONTO GUNPOWDER BURNS TO MULTIPLE SITES |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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