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Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Wrist

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 307
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2001:16
Year 2002:67
Year 2004:69
Year 2005:68
Year 2007:85

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/19/2007Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HERSELF WITH AIR RIFLE PELLET WENT INTO LEFT WRIST. DX-FOREIGN BODY WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2007Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Animal induced injury
CELLULITIS LT WRIST: STATES PUMPING UP BB GUN TO SCARE ANIMAL IN HER YARD, AFTERWARDS, LT WRIST BECAME RED AND PAINFUL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2005Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
77YMC POWDER BURNS TO WRIST AFTER SHOOTING 357 PISTOL STEADIED GUN WITH WRIST/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PUTTING UP AIR BB GUN, ACCIDENTLY SHOTBB IN RIGHT HAND. FOREIGN BODY IN RT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PERSON WAS HIT WITH THE PROJECTILE OUT OF THE PAINT BALL GUN,FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2001Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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