Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - Year 2003 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,613
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	100
6-15 years old:	411
16-25 years old:	851
26-50 years old:	248

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX:GSW L HAND. UNLOADING CO2 CARTRIDGE PISTOL AND ACCIDENTLY SHOT L PAL M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2003	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WORKING ON HIS OWN VINTAGE HAND GUN WHEN HE WAS WORKING ON THE SLIDE IT WENT OFF SHOOTING HIM IN THE HAND DX: GSW LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND FELT SOMETHING HIT HIS HANDDX: BB PE LLET REMOVED; LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE LACERATED HIS RT HAND ON THE COCKING MECHANISM O F A BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LEFT HAND LACERATION.PT WAS ENGAGING IN A GAME OF PAINTBALL AND FELL AN D LACERATED HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOOT HIMSELF WITH A BB GUN IN THE HAND. DX PUNCTURE WO UND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX FOREIGN BODY RIGHT HAND: CO2 POWERED BB GUN, UNLOADED, DROPPED GUN AND BLAST OF CO2 HIT PT'S HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2003	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
CLEANING HIS BB GUN AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN PALM PUNCTURING IT AN D LEAVING BB IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HAND WITH A BB GUN 2 DAYS AGO. DX FOREIGN BODY (BB) TO LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS TRYING TO USE PELLET GUN BUT GUN WOULD NOT FIRE-PUT LT HAND OVER BARREL AND TRIED TO FIRE WHEN GUN FIRED BB INTO LT HAND; FB LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
LIFTING HIS BB GUN AND IT ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED, PT SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HAND. DX FOREIGN BODY (BB) IN LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT PLACED A SHOTGUN BULLET IN A TREE AND SHOT AT IT WITH A BB GUN - BUL LET EXPLODED. D: FOREIGN BODY LEFT HAND - REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
CHASED BY A 12 YO M WITH BB GUN SHOT DX: FB REMOVED IN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB SHOT IN HAND. PT WAS PLAYING WITH A LOADED BB GUN AND SHOT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT SELF IN LT HAND WITH BB GUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GSW TO HAND-ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN PALM W/ BB GUN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT TESTED BB GUN TO HAND W/BB HITTING HAND. DX: FB/CONT R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FOREIGN BODY HAND - PATIENT REPORTS THAT PELLET GUN ACCIDENTLY DISCHARG ED IN PALM OF LEFT HAND AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
HAND FB-HAD HAND OVER THE BARRELL OF PELLET GUN WHEN IT FIRED-DETAILS UNCLEAR-ETOH INVOLVED-IN THE STREET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
F.B LEFT PALM. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH PELLET GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX CONTUSION LEFT HAND: HIT IN HAND WITH PAINTBALL FROM PAINTBALL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT BB IN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT CHECKING BB GUN WHEN IT FIRED BB INTO HAND. D: FOREIGN BODY, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
HAND FB-ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF W/ BB GUN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
THOUGHT BB GUN WAS LOCKED, IT WAS NOT & WENT OFF SHOT SELF IN HAND STABLE; REMOVED PELLET BULLET FROM L HAND (FB)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCID SHOT HAND W/PELLET GUN. DX: FB R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT IN HAND W/BB YESTERDAY. DX: FB R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
WHILE TESTING BB GUN, PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PELLET GSW TO HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB GUN INJURY TO L HAND AT HOME. DX. L HAND FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB STUCK IN HAND - FOREIGN BODY REMOVED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT WITH BB GUN ACCIDENTALLY DX. FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
BB STUCK IN HAND WHEN ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN HAND WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
10 B/M SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE TO RIGHT HAND AFTER SHOOTING SELF IN THE HA ND WITH A PELLET GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
26 YOM WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF BB GUN WORKED; SHOT SELF IN LFT HAND. FOR EIGN BODY, LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTAL SHOT WITH BB GUN. THOUGHT IT WAS NOT LOADED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN HAND WITH BB GUN 2 DAYS AGO. UNSURE IF BB IS STILL IN HAND. D: GSW, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
12 YOM SHOT HIS LEFT HAND WITH A PELLET GUN; THOUGHT THE GUN WAS NOT LO ADED. PUNCTURE WOUND, LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT SHOT IN HAND WITH BB GUN WHEN FRIEND WAS PLAYING WITH GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
5 YOM SHOT IN HAND WITH PELLET GUNABRASION OF L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN IN THE HAND - ACCIDENTAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
19YOM-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT PALM-SHOT SELF ACCIDENTLY WITH PELLET GUN-ST ILL HAS PELLET IN HAND-REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FB RIGHT HAND. PT SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HAND WITH A BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH STARTER GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PUNCTURE (L) HAND, PT STS CHILDREN WERE PLAYING, PT SHOT WITH A BB GUN AT HOME, C/O PAIN & TENDERNESS, BB REMOVED, NORMAL ROM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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