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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 129
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT WITH FRIEND PLAYING WITH BB GUNS, FRIEND'S BB GUN FIRED IN CLOS E RANGE OF PATIENT, BB PALPATED AT ENTRANCE WOUND; BB GUN SHOT W/FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| HIT IN HEAD WITH PELLET FROM PELLET GUN. DX PUNCTURE BACK OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT W/BB FROM LONG DISTANCE, ABRASION SCALP, X-RAY DOES NOT SHOW BB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| FB TO SCALP-BB-REMOVED.PT WAS SHOT WITH A BB GUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| BB SHOT IN HEAD/BACK W/BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT SHOT HIMSELF IN TOP OF HEAD WITH BB GUN AT HOME YESTERDAY, BB I N SUPERIOR ASPECT OF SKULL; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| FELL ASLEEP HOLDING A PELLET GUN AND ACCIDENTALLY PULLED TRIGGER PELLET STUCK IN SCALP DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED / NO HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2006 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| BB SHOT TO HEAD (PARIETAL AREA SCALP) WHILE RIDING IN CAR 1 WEEK AGO, B B DOES NOT NEED TO BE REMOVED UNLESS IT BECOMES INFECTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PATIENT HIT IN BACK OF HEAD WITH BB AT HOME, BB IN SCALP; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT WITH PELLET GUN/FB SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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