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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 804
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2007 | Age: 14 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT SHOT IN EYE WITH BB 3 DAYS AGO, EYE CONTINUES TO WATER, TROUBLE SEEING; TRAUMATIC IRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2007 | Age: 9 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 |
| EYE ABRASION, HIT WITH SOFT PELLET IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2007 | Age: 11 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS SHOT IN EYE WITH RUBBER PELLET FROM BB GUN, CONTUSION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 13 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 |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH A BB GUN AND SHOT SELF IN EYE. D: RIGHT EYE CORN EAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2007 | Age: 15 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: BBs or pellets |
| HIT IN FACE WITH BB[PLASTIC BB], DX; EYE PAIN NO GUN STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2007 | Age: 9 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 |
| LEFT EYE TRAUMA FROM BEING HIT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC BB PELLETS WHILE PLAYING WITH KIDS IN NEIGHBORHOOD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PT SHOT IN EYE W/BB AT HOME. DX. EYE TRAUMA W/APPARENT HYPERPLESIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 12 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 |
| PT WAS SHOOTING BB GUN AT GARAGE DOOR, AT HOME, BB BOUNCED BACK & HIT HIM IN THE LT EYE. DX: RETINAL BRUISE & HYPHEMA, CORNEAL EDEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2007 | 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 |
| PT USING AIR GUN SHOT PLASTIC BB, BB BOUNCED BACK STRIKING PT IN L EYE DIAGNOSIS: DECREASED VISION L EYE (HYPHEMA) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2007 | Age: 12 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 |
| PT SUST INJURY TO EYE FROM BB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/26/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| CONTUSED EYE WHEN SHOT WITH PELLET GUN |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 05/24/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PATIENT OUTSIDE PLAYING WITH FRIEND WHEN PLASTIC PELLET FROM BB GUN HIT HIM IN EYE LAST NIGHT, PHOTOPHOBIA; SCLERAL ABRASION, IRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS HOLDING A TARGET UP FOR A FRIEND WHO WAS SHOOTING A BB GUN AND W AS ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH THE BB SUSTAINED A PW TO EYEBAL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 13 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| GSW-EYE, PT AND FRIENDS PLAYING W/PELLETT GUN & WAS HIT IN EYE WITH A B B, FB EYE/RUPTURED GLOBE, VITRECTOMY/LENSECTOMY/REFORMATION DONE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/30/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| CONTUSED EYE,SHOT WITH AIR SOFT BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 8 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, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| CHILD SHOOTING AT TARGETSON A TREE WHEN PLASTIC BB PELLET WENT INTO EYE . D:TRAUMATIC IRITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2007 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF THE EYE FROM PLASTIC PELLET SHOT FROM A BB GUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2007 | Age: 12 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 |
| PT WAS SHOT WITH RUBBER PELLET FROM 10 FEET AWAY DX: RUPTURED RT GLOBE OF THE RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/11/2007 | Age: 7 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 |
| PATIENT PLAYING WITH BB GUN AND SHOT IN EYE, VOMITING; HYPHEMA, EYE CON TUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2007 | Age: 12 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT SHOT IN CLOSED EYE WITH PLASTIC BB FROM GUN 2 DAYS AGO, HAVING INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT, REDNESS; SUSPECT IRITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 |
| GSW-BB IN EYE, FB EYE, CONTUSION EYEBALL, SUPERFICIAL INJURY CORNEA, BB GUN INJURY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT PLAYING AROUND WITH SOME FRIENDS WITH A BB GUN AND ACCIDENTL SHOT I N THE LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2007 | 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 |
| PT WAS ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A BB GUN ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2007 | Age: 11 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 |
| PT & NEIGHBOR SHOOTING BB GUNS WHEN PT HIT IN EYE W/BB, C/O EYE PAIN, U BABLE TO OPEN EYE & CANNOT SEE OUT OF EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION, HYPHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/18/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PUNCTURED EYE WHEN BROTHER TARGET SHOOTING WITH BB GUN AND IT RICOCHETE D |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/26/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| HEMORRHAGE EYEBALL WHEN SHOT WITH PLASTIC PELLET FROM PELLET GUN |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 01/24/2007 | 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, Eye protection devices |
| CHILD, WEARING ILL FITTING SAFETY GLASSES, HIT IN EYE PLASTIC BB THAT R ICOCHETED OFF GROUND. D:CORNEAL ABRASION, TRAUMATIC IRITIS,HYPHEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2007 | Age: 12 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 |
| CONTUSED EYEBALL WHEN HIT WITH PLASTIC PELLET FROM BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2007 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT SUS AN EYE ABRASION AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE EYE BY BROTHER. DX CORN EAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| OTHER CHILD THOUGHT KIDS PELLET GUN WAS EMPTY(USED WITH STICKY DART BOA RD TO SHOOT AT)PELLET RICOCETED OFF WALL HITING PT IN EYE; SUBCON HEMOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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