Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - Year 2002 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,373
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	1,168
16-25 years old:	473
26-50 years old:	571
50+ years old:	160

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2002	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
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN FINGER WITH BB GUN AT HOME, BB IN FINGER; REFERRED TO SURGEON FOR REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2002	Age: 16 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 SELF WITH BB GUN;FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
12 Y/O B/M ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN THUMB WITH A PELLET GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2002	Age: 22 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
22 YO MALE GOT SHOT IN LEFT THUMB WITH BB GUN TWO MONTHS AGO F/B LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
GOING TO CLEAN GUN PUT FINGER OVER END PULLED TRIGGER AND GUN WAS LOADED DX: AMPUTATION DISTAL LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/01/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT SELF IN FINGER WITH BB GUN DX PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 42 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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FB 2ND DIGIT LEFT HAND, PT WAS SITTING ON A PORCH AND ATTEMPTED TO SHOO T A QUAIL AND STUCK FINGER IN HOLE AND SHOT HIMSELF WITH A PELLET GUN..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2002	Age: 13 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
PT. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN LT. 2ND DIGIT WITH A BB GUN 2 DAYS AGO SWOLLEN FINGER. DX: FOREIGN BODY FROM LT. INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2002	Age: 26 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
CHIP FX L MIDDLE FINGER - CAUGHT FINGERS IN A CLAY PIGEON SHOOTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
14 Y M WAS PLAYING PAINTBALL. DX: CONTUSION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 28 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
INJURED PLAYING WITH PAINTBALL GUNS 1 HR PTA-DX-ACUTE DISPLACED 3RD AND 5TH FINGER FRACTURES, 4TH FINGER NONDISPLACED FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 11 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, BBs or pellets
PATIENT SHOT HIMSELF IN FINGER WITH BB GUN AT HOME YESTERDAT, BB WENT T HROUGH NAIL BED; FINGER TIP FX., FINGERNAIL AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
FB RT INDEX FINGER.PT WAS HELPING DAD CLEAN THE GARAGE AND A BB GUN ACC IDENTLY DISCHARGED AND A BB WENT INTO FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
GSW LEFT INDEX FINGER.PT WAS CLEANING PELLET GUN AND IT ACCIDENTLY DISC HARGED AND SHOT PTS FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
9 Y M SHOT HIMSELF IN HAND WTH BB GUN UNINTENTIONALLY DX: BB GUN CONTUSIONS TO 3RD FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 37 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
PATIENT INJURED HIS THUMB ON A PELLET GUN. DX-LEFT THUMB SUBUNGAL HEMATOMA/FRACTURE DISTAL THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX:LACERATION TO INDEX FINGER CAUSED BY GSW. PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN THE INDEX FINGER W/BB GUN. PELLET LODGED IN FINGER PULLED OUT BY PT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2002	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
PT SHOT FINGER WITH A BB GUN; LT FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2002	Age: 18 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
DX FOREIGN BODY TO RIGHT THUMB: BB GUN DISCHARGED AND SENT BB INTO PT'S THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2002	Age: 27 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
PATIENT ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN 3 DAYS AGO. DX: BB, FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT FINGER WITH REMOVAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 15 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
LT INDEX FINGER FB-ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF W/A BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	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, BBs or pellets
SHOT SELF W/ BB GUN L INDEX FINGER. NOTHING CAME OUT WHEN FIRED TWICE, SHE PUT FINGER OVER END OF BARREL. DX; BB WOUND FINGER W/ OPEN FX TUFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
GSW RT LONG FINGER.PT WAS CLEANING A HIGH PRESSURE GUN AT 200 PSI AND I T WENT OFF AND INJURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/21/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
12 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF WITH A BB GUN P UNCTURING HIS LT THUMB WITH A BB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 15 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
FOREIGN BODY R MIDDLE FINGER EXCISION WITH CLOSURE, BROTHER SHOOTING PELLET GUN, IT RICHOCHETED BACK EMBEDDING IN RT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
PATIENT AND FRIEND WHERE PLAYING WITH BB GUN AND FRIEND ACCIDENTLY SHOT PATIENT ON THUMB. DX; FOREIGN BODY TO RIGHT THUMB WITH REMOVAL OF BB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2002	Age: 8 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
PATIENT SHOT HIS LEFT THUMB ACCIDENTALLY WITH A BB GUN. DX-FOREIGNBODY THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
28 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WHEN HE SHOT HIM SELF WITH A BB GUN CAUSING A B B TO BE STUCK IN HIS LT 3RD FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 14 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
ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH BB GUNBB FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 70 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
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A PELLET PISTOL AIR GUN AT HOME AT 1145. DX FOREIGN BODY LEFT INDEX FINGER, PELLET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT PINCHED FINGER IN PELLET GUN, LACERATION L 3RD AND 4TH DIGITS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT INDEX FINGER WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT FINGER W/BB.DX: PW L THIRD DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	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, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
49 Y/O F C/O LEFT FINGER INJURY - AIRGUN SHOT NAIL THRU FINGER. DX: FRA CTURE LACERATION 5TH FINGER DIGIT LEFT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2002	Age: 18 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
SHOOTING AIR POWERED BB GUN,SET GUN DOWN HAND FINGER OVER END OF BARREL AND IT DISCHARGED/FB LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	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
LACERATED THUMB WHEN CAUGHT IN A PELLET GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
20 YO ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN FINGER WITH A BB GUN FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT HERSELF IN THE LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A BB GUN BB LO DGED IN THE FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
38 YOM SHOT W/ BB GUN F'BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 10 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: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOOTING BB GUN RT THUMB CAUGHT BEHING "COCK" CRACK THROUGH NAIL DX: NO DX LWBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 14 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
PATIENT TRIED TO CATCH A BB GUN THAT WAS FALLING AND IT WENT OFF SHOTIN G HIM IN FINGER. DX: FOREIGN BODY (BB) TO 2ND FINGER, LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2002	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
12YOM-FOREIGN BODY LEFT THUMB-SHOT IN THUMB WITH BB GUN-ACCIDENTLY BB RICHOCHED OFF CINDER BLOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 18 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
PATIENT SHOT IN FINGER WITH BB FROM BB GUN. INTENT UNSTATED. D: FOREIGN BODY, FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT. SHOT FINGER W/A BB GUN, BB STILL IN FINGER. DX. LAC L INDEX F INGER, FOREIGN BODY REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2002	Age: 22 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
PT WITH HAND PAIN & SWELLING. HAD BB IN FINGER FROM BB GUN 3 MOS. AGO. ALSO PLAYED CATCH YESTERDAY. D:FINGER FOREIGN BODY, HAND CELLULIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT PLAYING WITH A PELLET GUN WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMELF IN THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Children's play tents, play tunnels or other enclosures
PLAYING-BB GUN,COCKING MECH. SMASHED HIS FINGER,TONITE HE WAS JUMPING IN MOON BOUNCE & JAMMED FINGER DX: CHIP FX MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 47 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 SELF WITH PELLET GUN DX. FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	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, BBs or pellets
PATIENT STATED A BB GUN FELL OFF THE TABLE AND SHOT HIM. DX=RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER FRACTURE, BB EXTRACTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
BB STUCK IN FINGER WHEN SHOT SELF IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 26 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
26YOM-FOREIGN BODY LEFT INDEX FINGER-SHOT FINGER WITH BB PELLET- ACCIDENTLY WHILE TRYING TO UNJAM BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 21 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
SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN DX. FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2002	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
12 YOM SHOT BY BB GUN/BB PELLETS. DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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