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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 596
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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 |
| Date: 09/02/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: 25 - 50% Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Welding equipment |
| PT WAS WELDING, OPEN CAN OF GUNPOWDER NEAR BY AND IT BLEW UP/ 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS BSA FACE, ARMS , LEGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Hammers |
| HITTING BULLETS W/HAMMER, GSW TO HEAD DX; GSW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Archery |
| C/O MULTIPLE PUNCTURE WOUNDS TO L SIDE OF FACE, EYE PAIN, MAKING AN ARROWHEAD WITH GUNPOWDER, DX; HEMATOMA, EYE, FACIAL CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| GRINDING METAL, SPARK FLEW INTO OPEN GUNPOWDER CONTAINER WHICH EXPLODED AT HOME INJURING FACE. DX; BURNS FACE, CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Glass bottles or jars |
| PT AND FRIEND PUT GUNPOWER IN GLASS BOTTLE AND HIT IT, IT DID NOTHING 1ST TIME, SO THEY DID IT AGAIN, IT EXPOLDED DX; LEG LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2006 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Animal traps |
| 70Y/O M INJURED 2 FINGERS L HAND WHILE USING SHOTGUN SHELL IN GOPHER TR AP AND SHELL EXPLODED AT HOME.DX; AMPUTATION L 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/08/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Fireworks |
| GSW-INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE HIT BY FIREWORKS, NOW MOM THINKS HIT BY BUL LET IN ARM-XRAYS SHOW NO BULLET, CUT/LACERATION ON FOREARM FROM GUNSHOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gun powder or ammunition, Matches |
| PT LIT SOME GUNPOWDER WITH A MATCH AND IT BURNED FACE. D: 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FACE AND RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/15/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | 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: Gun powder or ammunition, Hammers |
| PT FOUND BULLET IN BACKYARD, HIT BULLET W/ HAMMER AND IT WENT OFFDX: R FOREARM FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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