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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 351
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2008 | Age: 12 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 |
| SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH BB GUN;DX GSW TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 24 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 |
| FB LT MIDDLE FINGER-REMOVED.PT WAS USING A BB GUN AND IT DISCHARGED AND BB LODGED IN FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 8 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 |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT ON R 3RD FINGER W/BB GUN BY FRIEND DX: FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| BB GUN SHOT RICHOCHED AND BB HIT FINGER, HAS WOUND WITHOUT FOREIGN BO DY TO FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PUNCTURE WOUND 10YO SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND WHEN BB WAS IN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 21 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, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT SUSTAINED GUNSHOT WOUND 2 NIGHTS AGO THAT WENT THRU A CAR WINDOW & THEN GOT HIM IN LT MIDDLE FINGER. DX-METALLIC F.B.-FINGER, PELLETS-FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 8 YO HIT W/BB GUN IN FINGER `FOREIGN BODY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF W/ BB GUN -BB PELLET LODGED IN THUMB PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THUMB FOREIGN BODY LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2008 | Age: 31 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 |
| SHOT SELF TRYING TO UNJAM BB GUN/FB FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 HAD FOREIGN BODY BB IN L THUMB FROM ACCIDENTLY SHOOTING SELF AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 SHOOTING A BB GUN AT A TARGET AND IT RICOCHETED INTO RIGHT RING FING ER EMBEDDED REATINED FB FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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