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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 548
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 10 YR M HIT IN EYE WITH *** PELLET;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 12 YOM CONTUSION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY A BB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 13YOM SHOOTING AN AIR PISTOL AND SHOT A PLASTIC BB HIT EYE HEMORRHAGE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 9YOM PLAYING WITH *** AT DAD'S HOUSE, HIT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC PELLET; H YPHEMA, TRAUMATIC IRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| A 12 YR OLD MALE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN EYE WITH BB GUN TRYING TO FIX IT DX EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| HIT IN EYE WITH BB PELLET CORNEAL ABRASION 16 YO M# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 11YOM WAS SHOT IN THE EYE WITH A BB GUN, WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE WITH A FRIEND, WHO ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED THE GUN. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2010 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 44YOF WAS DRINKING TONIGHT AND THERE WAS A FREAK ACCIDENT AND SHE GOT HIT BELOW RT EYE WITH BB CC: EYE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/22/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 7YOM WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB FUN, REDNESS, SWELLING, PHOTOPHOBIA DX: ABRASION TO EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 12YOM SHOT IN EYE WITH SOFT PLASTIC PELLET BY FRIEND; CORNEAL ABRASION, HYPHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2010 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 37YOF ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A BB GUN BB RETAINED IN EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/04/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| HIT IN EYE WITH BB PELLET FROM 25 TO 30 FEET, SINGLE PUMP-DX-EYE INJURY 24 YO M# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 11 YR M HIT IN EYE WITH *** BB GUN;DX HEMORRHAGE EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 05/28/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 19 YO M HIT ON CHEST WITH A SOFT PLASTIC BB FROM AIR BB GUN FIRED BY GI RLFRIEND 4 DAYS AGO. BB BOUNCED OFF CHEST TO EYE. EYE PAIN. DX:IRITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 14 YOM WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THE EYE WITH BB GUN, EYE GLASSES BROKE. DX-EYE INJURY, HYPHEMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/24/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 8YOF PT PLAYING W/ FRIENDS WHEN FRIEND ACCID SHOT PT IN L EYE W/ A BB G UN FROM ABOUT 6FT AWAY. PT INITIALLY COULDNT SEE. DX TRAUMATIC HYPHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 15YOM; PT WAS SHOT ACCIDENTALLY IN THE FACE WITH A SOFT PLASTIC BB BY A FRIEND. D: LEFT EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 20YOM WAS SHOT IN EYE WITH *** DX: HYPHEMA RT EYE DX: HYPHEMA RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 11YOM WAS SHOT IN THE RT EYE, WITH "***" PELLET FROM A PELLET GUN,LAST NIGHT, AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, ACCIDENTALLY. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 13 YR M SHOT WITH BB GUN FROM A LONG DISTANCE;DX CONTUSED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| EYE CT-11YOM WAS HIT IN THE EYE WITH A BB FROM A BB GUN AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 10YOF CONTUSION EYEBALL WAS HIT WITH PLASTIC PELLETS FROM BB GUN LEFT E YE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 15 YR F SHOT WIT BB GUN BY FRIEND, THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED, CONT USED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 15YOF PT WAS FLICKING A BB OFF OF HER FINGER WHEN SHE ACCID HIT HERSELF IN L EYE W/ BB. HAS FB SENS, REDNESS. DX L EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2010 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 12YOM PT SHOT IN EYE W/ *** BB GUN. R EYE WAS CLOSED WHEN HE WAS HIT. P AIN IN EYE, VISION BLURRY. UNK HOW INJ OCCURED. DX DX R EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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