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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,030
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2002 | Age: 29 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 |
| PT LAST EVEING WAS SHOOTING A BB GUN AT HOME LEFT THUMB GOT IN THE WAY OF THE BARREL DURING A SHOT BB RETAINED IN FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2002 | Age: 12 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: Fracture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| CHILD SUSTAINED BB GUN SHOT TO THUMB. D: DISTAL TUFT FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2002 | Age: 12 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 |
| 12 Y/O M C/O BB LEFT THUMB WHILE PLAYING WITH BB GUN. DX: FOREIGN BODY STUCK LEFT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2002 | Age: 24 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 |
| LEFT INDEX FINGER HAS BB IN IT FROM CO2 PISTOL, NO DETAILS GIVEN ON HOW ACCIDENT OCCURED DX: FOREIGN BODY IN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| INJURY TO LEFT 2ND DIGIT WHILE GETTING A BB OUT OF GUN. DX: LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 11 YO BM - FRACTURE L 3RD FINGER - PLAYING WITH BB GUN & SHOT SELF WIT H BB IN L 3RD DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2002 | Age: 11 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 |
| PT. WAS SHOWING HIS BROTHER HOW TO SHOOT HIS BB GUN - ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FINGER - FOREIGN BODY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2002 | Age: 18 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 |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT HAND, FOREIGN BODY L HAND 3RD DIGIT BB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | Age: 18 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 |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A BB GUN BB RETAINEDI N THE FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 10 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 |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A BB GUN BB RE TAINED IN THE FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| REACHED UP INTO CLOSED AND GRABBED BB GUN BARREL AND IT WENT OFF WITHBB GOING INTO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT SHOT SELF WITH A BB GUN; FB REMOVAL LT THUMB, FX LT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 15 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 TOLD MOTHER SHE WAS SHOT IN THE FINGER WITH A BB FROM A BB GUN IT WAS EMBEDDED IN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2002 | Age: 14 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 |
| PT. WAS WITH HIS FRIEND, BB GUN WENT OFF, SHOT PT. IN FINGER ? FOREIGN BODY THUMB - |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PT'S FRIEND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT PT. IN FINGER WITH PELLET GUN ? FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Metal containers |
| GSW-PT C/O HIT W/PELLET GUN LT MIDDLE FINGER-WAS HOLDING CAN DX: FB REM OVAL LT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2002 | Age: 19 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 |
| PT WAS CLEANING GUN AND IT WENT OFF, AUCTE L 2ND DIGIT FOREIGN BODY BB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2002 | Age: 16 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 |
| EXCISION FOREIGN OBJECT R 5TH DIGIT - BB STRUCK R LITTLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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