Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - 26-50 years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,546
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	507	Hand:	367
Finger:	331	Face:	190
Lower Arm:	146	Foot:	139
Toe:	139	Upper Trunk:	131
Wrist:	105	Shoulder:	86
Neck:	86	Elbow:	79
Upper Arm:	71	Knee:	59
Lower Trunk:	46	Upper Leg:	40
Head:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2006	Age: 33 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
REPAIRING BB GUN & SHOT SELF IN HAND DX FB L HAND, SECONDARY BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PT DROPPED BB GUN ON FOOT DX// CONTUSION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN BARREL AND STOCK END OF PELLET RIFLE AVULSION, TIP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
EYE FB-HIT W/A PAINT BALL-IN THE WOODS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FB CHEST AREA, PT GOT A BB PELLET EMBEDDED CHEST AREA AT THE ST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	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
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT BY SON WITH BB GUN CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
34YMC BUTT END OF 44 MAGNUM GUN CUT CHEEK WHEN SHOOTING A DEER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
26 YO MALE WAS SHOT IN EYE WITH PAINTBALL FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS WORKING IN BACK YARD & NEIGHBER WAS TARGET SHOOTING W/PELLET GUN & PT WAS HIT. DX: PELLET GSW R WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2006	Age: 45 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 ARM WITH BB GUN WHILE STANDING ON PORCH DX: FB RT FOREARM , BB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
36 YO SHOT IN HEAD W/BB GUNHEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT USING MUZZLE LOADER SHOT GUN FELT A HIT TO LT EYE PENETRATING INJURY LT EYE TREATED AND TRANSFERED TO OTHER FACILITY
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/31/2006	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	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
PT. SAYS SHE WAS SHOT IN PALM OF L HAND W/A BB GUN FEW MINS AGO ACCIDEN TALLY SHOT SELF. DX. PW L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
36 YO MALE WAS SHOT IN EYE WITH PAINTBALL CORNEAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
38 YO MALE WAS HIT IN EYE WITH PAINT BALL CONTUSION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT WITH PAINTBALLS CONTUSION ARM / SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2006	Age: 38 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
38 YO FEMALE WAS SHOT WITH PELLET GUN IN EYE CONTUSION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT IN THE UPPER EYELID W/ A BB GUN BB PELLET HIT EYELID BLURRY VISION TRAUMA RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC WRIST PAIN, WAS SHOT WITH BB GUN BY 12Y/O ACCIDENTALLY. DX-FOREIGN BODY WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
GOT HIT IN EYE WITH A PAINTBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT WITH A BB GUN IN LEFT HAND DURING A CAMPING TRIP DX: FOREIGN BODY - BB IN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT DX PUNCTURE WOUND - SHOT BY "BB GUN" TO RT ARM TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT IN NECK WITH BB GUN; NECK CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2006	Age: 29 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
PT SHOT SELF W/PELLET GUN. DX: PELLET FB L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2006	Age: 30 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, BBs or pellets
FOREIGN BODY FINGER - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH BB IN LEFT RING FINGER - PT THOUGHT GUN WAS EMPTY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: PLAYING PAINTBALL, INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
LEFT EYE TRAUMA. PT WAS HIT WITH A BB WHEN IT RICOCHETED OFF A WALL 23 FEET AWAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
47 YO MALE WAS HIT WITH BB IN HAND AND ARM LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
8Y/O NEPHEW PLAYING W/BB GUN ACCID SHOT PT IN CHEEK 10 DAYS AGO. DX: FB R LATERAL CHEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN/FB FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2006	Age: 46 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HIT IN EYE WITH PAINT BALL SHOT FROM PAINT BALL GUN, EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT WITH A PAINT BALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT BY PELLET GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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
ACCIEDENLTY SHOT SELF IN LT HAND WITH BB GUN DX: FB LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT. STTES SHOT W/BB GUN 4 DAYS AGO. DX. FB (BB PELLET IN L THIGH).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT. CAME IN STATING BB GUN BACKFIRD AND HIT HER IN THE NOSE DIAGNOSIS; FOREIGN BODY NOSE, FX. NASAL SEPTUM
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/01/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
30 YOM WAS SHOT IN ARM W/ BB GUN. FB L ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HAND CT-PLAYING PAINTBALL-HIT W/A BALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT WITH BB GUN TO KNEE. SMALL PUNCTURE TO KNEE. NO OTHER DETAILS & NO INFO AS TO INTENT. PT LEFT PRIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT TOE WITH A PELLET GUN DX: R 2ND TOE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GSW ABDOMEN - 26 YOM STATES PLAYING AROUND WITH A BB GUN SHOOTING MICE AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF LEFT LOWER ABDOMEN, TWO SMALL OPENINGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN THE WRIST WITH A BB GUN DX: R WRIST FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT IN FOOT BY PAINT BALL. DX: CONTUSION TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2006	Age: 30 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT IN EYE WITH BB GUN. DX: HEMORRHAGE EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF TO RIGHT THUMB WITH BB GUN DX: OPEN FX RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/11/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT IN LEFT UPPER ARM;POSSIBLY SELF INFLICTED DX: GUNSHOT WOUND LEFT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2006	Age: 26 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS AT HOME USING A BB GUN WHEN A BB WENT INTO HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN BB GUN DX: LACERATION LT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
WAS PLAYING WITH PAINT BALL GUNS; WAS EXPOSED TO POISON IVY AND SUBSEQU ENTLY DEVELOPED RASH ON FOREARMS. DERMATITIS, BOTH FOREARMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
EYE PAIN. SHOT 2 YEARS AGO IN EYE WITH PAINT BALL, HAD SURGERY. DX; A CUTE EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
PT TRYING TO FIX BROKEN PELLET GUN AND IT WENT OFF IMBEDDING PELLET IN L THUMB
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/05/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT.INJ.UPPER BACK AT BROTHERS HOUSE WHEN PLAYING PAINTBALL & SHOOTING P AINTBALL GUNS. DX; CONTUSION UPPER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACC SHOT SELF INTO THE FINGER CLEANING THE PAINT GUN " FINGER PW"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/23/2006	Age: 30 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
ACC HIT ON THE EYE C PAINT BALL " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT SELF IN FOOT WITH B.B GUN PLAYING AROUND DX: PUNC TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	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
44 YO MALE WAS STRUCK IN EYE WITH PAINTBALL RUPTURE GLOBE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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