Accidents - BBs or pellets - 0-5 years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,455
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Ear:	726	Internal:	339
Face:	317	Lower Arm:	30
Foot:	20	Finger:	15
Neck:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT PLACED A BB IN HIS RIGHT EAR, BB WAS REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PLASTIC PELLET IN R EAR DX: FB REMOVAL R EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT HAS BB IN EAR DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
3 Y/O M WITH B.B. PELLET IN L NARE AT HOME. DX;FOREIGN BODY L NARE REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT HAS A BB PELLET IN EAR. D: FOREIGN BODY TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT WAS AT HOME, STUCK A BB UP THE NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
5 YO SOT IN FOOT BY BB GUN FOREIGN BODY FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT PLACED A BB IN LT EAR DX: EAR FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
DX FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM RIGHT EAR, STUCK BB IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT C/O BB IN NOSE. DX NASAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets
FATHER FOUND CONTAINER OF PELLETS, THOUGHT IT LOOKED MORE EMPTY THAN YE ST.,ASKED PT WHO SAID SHE ATE ONE.PCC RECOMMENDED XRAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets
UNKNOWN IF POSSIBL INGESTED PELLET WITH SISTER TONOC. PCC RECOMMENDED E R FOR XRAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets
POSSIBLE INGESTION PELLETS WITH SISTERS TONOC. PCC RECOMMENDS ER FOR XR AY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2006	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: BBs or pellets
PT PUT SMALL PLASTIC BB IN EAR. DX: FB R EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
CHILD PUT B.B INTO EAR WHILE PLAYING DX: F.B. IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PATIENT HAS BB'S IN BOTH EARS SINCE YESTERDAY; FB'S REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT PUT A SMALL BB IN RIGHT EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
FB-METAL BB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
C/O PT MOM STATES STUCK A BB PELLET IN EAR DX F.O.B. IN RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
FB-BB IN FOOT, FOOT SWOLLEN, MOM NOTED INJURY YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT PULLED LEAD PELLETS FROM PELLET GUN, MAY HAVE INGESTED PELLETS; CONCERN FOR INGESTING METAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2006	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT FOUND SOME OF BROTHER'S BB'S IN THE BACKYARD, & PLACED ONE IN RT EAR NOW CAN'T GET IT OUT. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN EAR-REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
EAR FB-PT PLACED A PELLET IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Tables
SITTING AT KITCHEN TABLE WHEN GSW TO NECK DX: GSW TO NECK; ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/24/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT GOT AIR GUN PELLET IN RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PATIENT C/O EAR PAIN, HAD BB IN EAR. DX-FOREIGN BODY EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PATIENT PUT BB'S IN BOTH EARS 1 WEEK AGO; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WAS SHOT WITH BB GUN 12 DAYS AGO WHILE BEING CARED FOR BY GRAND MA IN ***, BB IN CHEEK; REFERRED TO ENT FOR REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2006	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
21 MONTH OLD W/M PRESENTED TO ED WITH PELLET STUCK IN NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB IN R EAR DX: FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
DX: F.B. (BB) IN NOSE; NOT A FIREARM CASE; NO PUNCTURE WOUND AND/OR SHO OTING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2006	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets
9MOM SWALLOWED BB PELLETTS BB IN COLON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB STUCK UNDER SKIN F'BODY FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
HAS PLASTIC YELLOW BB STUCK IN RIGHT EAR DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2006	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets, Tables
MOM THINKS PT SWALLOWED SOME GUN POWDER FROM PELLET 30 MINS PTA, PELLET SITTING ON TABLE, BLACK POWDER ON HANDS AND IN MOUTH. DX. INGESTION G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB IN RIGHT EAR NO OTHER INFO DX FB RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HAS BB IN ARM AFTER BEING SHOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT PUT A BB IN RIGHT EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
DX FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EAR: STUCK BB IN EAR AT HOME.**NOT APPLICABL E TO FIREARM STUDY - NO GUN INVOLVED**
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PELLET IN NOSE DX; FB NOSE, LWBS, PELLET CAME OUT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/19/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN/FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
ORANGE BB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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