|
Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.
Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 940
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PATIENT SHOT IN PALM OF HAND WITH BB GUN YESTERDAY, NOW MIDDLE FINGER T INGLING; BB IN HAND, CELLULITIS |
| 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: 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: 11/23/2005 | 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: 11/07/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| WAS HUNTING AND HAD GSW TO HAND FROM PELLETS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2005 | Age: 9 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 |
| POSS BB IN L PALM, HAPPENED 3 WEEKS AGO AT NEIGHBORS. DX. FB L HAND. |
| 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: 10/04/2005 | 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: 08/19/2005 | Age: 11 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 IN RT HAND WITH A PELLET GUN, PELLET REMAINED IN RT HAND, FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2005 | Age: 13 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 |
| PATIENT AND FRIENDS SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER WITH BB GUNS YESTERDAY, HIT IN HAND WITH BB PELLET; FB IN HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2005 | Age: 15 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, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| WHILE PLAYING WITH A BB-GUN, PT SHOT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2005 | Age: 15 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 USING BB GUN AND SHOT HAND BY ACCIDENT C/O PAIN BB STUCK IN RT HAND C/O PAIN FB REMOVED |
| 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: 06/14/2005 | Age: 27 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: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| ACCIDENTALLY SELF INFLICTED BB TO HAND |
| 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: 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: 03/20/2005 | 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: 02/04/2005 | Age: 12 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 |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN HAND WITH BB GUN WHEN CHECKING GUN, BB IN HAND; REFERRED TO HAND CLINIC FOR REMOVAL OF BB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2005 | Age: 9 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, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT PLAYING W BB GUN , SHOT A BB INTO THE PALM OF HAND DX F B TO R HAND |
| 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 |
|
