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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 426
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| COUSIN SHOT HIM IN MIDDLE FINGER WITH BB GUN, DID NOT KNOW IT WAS LOADE D;DX FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2009 | Age: 13 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, BBs or pellets |
| LEFT 5TH FINGER LAC.PT WAS USING A BB GUN AND IT RICHOCHETED AND HIT FI NGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| SHOT SELF IN FINGER WITH BB GUN;DX FOREIGN BODY FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2009 | Age: 12 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 |
| LOADING BB GUN DROPPED IT ON THE GROUND SAFETY WENT OFF DISCHARGED IT IN LEFT INDEX FINGER. DX-FOREIGN BODY FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2009 | Age: 13 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 |
| SHOT THUMB WITH BB GUN. DX FOREIGN BODY IN THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS COCKING A BB GUN WHEN IT SNAPPED BACKA ND HIT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER DX; FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT FINGER WITH BB GUN FRACTURE TUFT PHALANX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2009 | Age: 8 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 GOT FINGERS CAUGHT IN PELLET GUN AT HOME CONTUSION LT MIDDLE, RING, SMALL FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 SHOT SELF IN THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH A BB GUN BB RETAINED FB FIN GER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 10 YOM WAS SHOT WITH BEBE GUN ON LEFT FINGER FRACTURE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS AT HOME PLAYING WITH AN AIR RIFLE THAT BENDS IN 1/2 OF LT THUMB CAUGHT IN BEND CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT PLAYING WITH BB GUN AT HOME, COCKED GUN AND SLIPPED, CAUGHT 4TH FINGERTIP, PULLED FINGER FREE,BONE EXPOSED; FINGERTIP AMPUTATION, FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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, BBs or pellets |
| CONTUSION TO FINGER WHEN SHOT WITH BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2009 | Age: 11 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: Fracture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| 11 Y/O CAUGHT FINGER IN PELLET GUN TRYING TO LOAD PELLETS IN GUN. DX-FX. RIGHT THUMB, LAC NAILBED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2009 | Age: 13 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 WAS SHOOTING A BB GUN FOR TARGET PRACT WHEN A BB RICOCHETED AND STRU CK PT IN R 2ND FINGER. BB LODGED IN FINGER. DX FB R 2ND FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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