Accidents - Toy guns with projectiles - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,512
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	198
Year 1999:	89
Year 2000:	5
Year 2001:	16
Year 2003:	6
Year 2004:	141
Year 2005:	34
Year 2006:	16
Year 2007:	280
Year 2008:	19
Year 2009:	461
Year 2010:	241

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	490	Face:	301
Internal:	233	Head:	227
Ear:	164	Mouth:	83
Upper Trunk:	6	Knee:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
5YO MALE HIT IN HEAD WITH TOY GUN LACERATION HEAD #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2010	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
17MOM SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A TOY DART GUN INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
3YOM- PT WAS @ HOME PLAYING WITH * DART GUN WHEN * DART W/ SCRATCHY TIP LIKE *** HIT RIGHT EYE NOW PAIN. DX CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
2YOM SWALLOWED A TOY BULLET INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
4YOF HAS A YELLOW PLASTIC BALL, FROM A TOY GUN IN HER RT EAR, FOR 2 DAY SHE WASN'T SHOT AT. DX; FB IN RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2010	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
16 YR F SWALLOWED PLASTIC PART OF DART;DX INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2009	Age: 4 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: Toy guns with projectiles
4 YO M SHOT IN EYE WITH *** DART . DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
4 YOM PLAYING W/ *** GUN, HIT SELF IN RT EYE. DX##: CORNEAL ABRASION R T EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PT WITH TOY BULLET STUCK UP PT NOSE. DX FOREIGN OBJECT NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles, Exercise equipment
3 YR OLD RUNNING WITH *** GUN TRIPPED OVER TREADMILL AND HIT FOREHEAD D X// FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 3 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: Toy guns with projectiles
PTS BROTHER ACCID SHOT HIM IN R EYE W/ A FOAM DART FROM A TOY GUN AT CL OSE RANGE. HAS PAIN IN R EYE. DX R EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PLAYING BY HIMSELF @ HOME PLAYING WITH YELLOW PLASTIC BALL FROM A TOY GUN, OLDER SIBS TOY.PT CRYING BAL IN R NOSTRIL. DX F.B.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
*** GUN LACERATION ORBITAL AREA LACERATION ORBITAL AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
C/O H/A AFTER WAS ACC STRUCK ONTO HEAD WITH A BALL SHOT FROM A TOY GUN >>CHI/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PT SHOT IN EYE WITH *** DART BY BROTHER AT HOME TODAY DX// LEFT EYE COR NEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PT WAS PLAYING AT HOME AND HIT IN EYE WITH RUBBER SUCTION DART DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
SHOT WITH BB GUN WITH PLASTIC BB'X BY SIBLING /ACCIDENT;DX CONTUSED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
SHOT IN EYE WITH SUCTION OEND OF DART FROM DART GUN;DX EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2008	Age: 5 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: Toy guns with projectiles
HIT WITH *** DART;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
FATHER STATES PT PUT AN *** PELLET INTO R EAR HAS BEN UNABLE TO GETIT O UT DX R EAR CANAL FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
STRUCK IN HEAD BY BROTHER WITH PLASTIC DART GUN-LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
FOREIGN BODY IN EAR FROM PLASTIC BB FROM TOY GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PATIENT'S BROTHER STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF HEAD WITH DART GUN AT HOME. DX: 5 CM LACERATION TO SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles, Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT PLAYING *** GUN AT HOME WITH DAD, TRIPPED AND FELL ON STEP, KNE E HIT HEATER GRATE; KNEE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN EYE W/SUCTION TYPE DART GUN BY SELF D-HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PT WAS PLAYING & NEIGHBOR BOY HAD A PLAY GUN AND SHOT A RUBBER BB AND I T HIT PT IN EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PT IN CAR W/ MOM IN ROUTE TO THE AIRPORT PT SWALLOWED A FOAM DART COUGH,RESP DISTRESS. DX SWALLOWED FOAM DART.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
HAD A SUCTION CUP DART IN HIS MOUTH AND PULLED THE ARROW OUT LEAVING TH E SUCTION CUP ON THE ROOF OF HIS MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/18/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STEPPED ON A PLASTIC TOY DART GUN AND FELL OFF PORCH - HIT MOUTH. D : LACERATION TO PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
LT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS-SHOT HIMSELF IN EYE W/ AIR PROPELLED DART GUN-EYE IRRITATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PT PLAYING WITH COUSIN TODAY WHO SHOT PT IN CHEST WITH A DART FROM TO TOY GUN, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
GOT SMALL PLASTIC BALL UP NOSE, STUCK IN BY SELF AND SIBBLING, POSS. BA LL FROM AIR SOFT GUN. DX: FB NOSE. AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 4 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
HEMORRHAGE EYE WHEN SHOT WITH TOY PELLET GUN
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
TRAUMA (R) EYEBALL, MOTHER STS PT STRUCK WITH A PLASTIC DART (PROYECTIL E), C/O BLOODY SCLERA, EYELID NORMAL, CORNEA INTACT, PUPILS NML.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
HEMORRHAGE EYEBALL WHEN SHOT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC CARTRIGE FROM "***" GU N TOY.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 07/06/2001	Age: 5 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: Toy guns with projectiles, Ceilings and walls
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2000	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/1999	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/1999	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/1999	Age: 3 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: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/1998	Age: 3 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: Toy guns with projectiles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/1998	Age: 4 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: Toy guns with projectiles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/1998	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/1998	Age: 4 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: Toy guns with projectiles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/1998	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	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: Toy guns with projectiles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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