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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,801
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2003 | Age: 32 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT WAS SHOT IN RT EYE BY ACCIDENT WITH BB GUN BY NEIGHBOR DX: CORNEAL AB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| ACUTE ANKLE STRAIN - TWISTED ANKLE WHEN PLAYING PAINTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| DX:GSW L HAND. UNLOADING CO2 CARTRIDGE PISTOL AND ACCIDENTLY SHOT L PAL M |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE FACE WITH A BB GUN BY A FRIEND AT HOME BB RET AINED IN FACE FOREIGN BODY FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| DX:GSW R CHEEK. RUNNING FOR BUS WAS SHOT WITH PELLET GUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT SUST PUNCTURE TO LIP WITH BEBE GUNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2003 | Age: 26 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: Other |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WORKING ON HIS OWN VINTAGE HAND GUN WHEN HE WAS WORKING ON THE SLIDE IT WENT OFF SHOOTING HIM IN THE HAND DX: GSW LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| RUNNING FROM PAINT BALL IN WOODS INJURING SHOULDER WHEN RAN INTO TREE. DX: SPRAIN SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 26 YO M SHOT IN FOOT W/PELLET GUN FOREIGN BODY FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| HIT IN FACE WITH PAINT BALL FACIAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT SELF W/PELLET GUN WHILE DRINKING ETOH 1 HR PTA. DX. GSW TO ABDM, HEMATOMA, ABDM PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/18/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT FOOT W/BB GUN, IT WAS JAMMED. DX. CONT R FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT. SHOT BY A BB GUN TO RT. TEMPLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| POTATO GUN BLEW UP IN FACE AT HOME. DX. 1 DEG BURN TO FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| ANKLE FX-SLIPPED IN MUD WHILE PLAYING PAINTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOOT HIMSELF WITH A BB GUN IN THE HAND. DX PUNCTURE WO UND TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 40 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN EYE WITH PAINT BAL GUN LAST NIGHT BLUNT TRAUMA LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2003 | Age: 31 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT. DRINKING LAST NIGHT, PT. STATES"PLAYING WITH MY BB GUN AND ACCIDENT ALLY SHOT MYSELF IN THE FINGER.DX. F.B. (BB) IN INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| BB HIT EYE FROM UNKNOWN DX. FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/13/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| BB GUN WENT OFF WHILE LOADING IT, SHOT SELF ACCIDENTALLY AT BASE OF L 4 TH FINGER (PALMER). DX. FB BB L 4TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT WAS SHOT IN LT FOREARM BY FRIEND WITH BB GUN DX: FB LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Ceilings and walls |
| F.B. R ANTERIER AURICULAR AREA OUTSIDE CRANIAL VAULT,PUNCT. WOUND ANTER AURICULAR AREA,SHOWING SON BB GUN,HOW NOT TO DO,FIRED BB, HIT WALL & PT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT GOT SHOT WITH A BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT WAS HIT IN EYELID W/6MM AIR SOFT BB. DX: R ELELID CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT ON LEFT BREAST WITH A PELLETT GUN. DX-CHEST WALL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| KNEE STRAIN-FELL WHILE PLAYING PAINTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN DX. FB FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| HIT IN EYE WITH PAINTBALL DX CONTUSION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Fences or fence posts |
| PT PLAYING PAINTBALL AT A PAINT BALL PARK WAS RUNNING TRYING TO CLIMB A FENCE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PAINTBALL BLEW UP IN HAND-CONTUSION THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN BY CHILD DX. FB FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| NASAL FX. FACIAL CONT. PT WAS SHOT IN FACE WITH A PAINTBALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2003 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN SHOT WITH BB GUN WHEN WALKING IN STORE - NO CONT ACT WITH SHOOTER - CONSIDERED ACCIDENTAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PLAYING BB GUN WARS AT HOME WITH FAMILY, SHOT IN HEAD. DX: FB HEAD RE MOVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PATIENT SHOT SELF WITH PELLET GUN TO FOOT. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO FOOT F ROM PELLET GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SUPERFICIAL LAC ATO RIGHT CALF. PT AT A DEMONSTRATION MARCHING AND WAS HIT BY PELLETS FROM A PELLET GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT C/O BB GUNSHOT WOUND TO LT INDEX FINGER THIS PM - C/O PAIN TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PUNCTURE WOUND TO SCALP, POSS. PELLET GUN WOUND. DX. FB IN SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| FB IN SKULL-SHOT IN BACK OF HEAD W/A BB GUN BY BROTHER IN LAW-AT HOME- WHILE HORSING AROUND-THAOUGHT THE SAFETY WAS ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| 26 YOM WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF BB GUN WORKED; SHOT SELF IN LFT HAND. FOR EIGN BODY, LEFT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2003 | Age: 35 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT FEELS LIKE HAS PLASTIC IN EYE AFTER USING A PNEUMATIC AIR GUN DX: 4 CM CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| HIT ON HEAD WHILE PLAYING PAINTBALL YESTERDAY. HIT IN HEAD. DX. ACUTE M INOR HEAD TRAUMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2003 | Age: 27 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH PAINTBALL YESTERDAY , HIT LEFT SIDE OF NOSE AND LEFT EYE INDIRECTLY. DX LT CORNEAL ABRAS, LT ORTIBAL CONTUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN IN THE HAND - ACCIDENTAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| "SHOT BY A BB GUN"-LWOT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/11/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| R KNEE CONTUSION AND ABRASION, ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN KNEE BY FROZEN PAINT BALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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