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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 843
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| FOREIGN BODY LT SCALP: AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, SAT BB GUN IN THE BED, IT WENT OFF, HITTING PT IN HEAD, STATES BB STILL LODGED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD, HUNTING FOR GAME IN CORN FIELD WHEN HEARD SHOT AND IMMEDIATELY WAS SPRAYED WITH BB'S TO HEAD AND RIGHT SIDE OF FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| SHE WAS ACCIDNETALLY SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH A BB GUN. DX FOREIGN BODY IN SKIN# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT IN HEAD WITH PELLET GUN BY BROTHER PW SCALP * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| FOREIGN BODY (PELLET) IN SCALP AT HAIRLINE - HIT WITH BB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT WAS HIT BY A RICOCHETED BB IN THE TEMPLE. HEADACHE, REFERED BY PCP. D; GSW HEAD W/ INTERCRANIAL BULLET FRAGMENT FRONTAL LOBE. ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/12/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT IN HEAD WITH A PAINTBALL. DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| HIT IN HEAD WHEN B.B GUN RECOILED DX: HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT STATES HIS SON ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A PA INT BALL GUN. DX: CONTUSION TO POSTERIOR SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS SITTING ON THE OUTSIDE OF A BAR, WAS SHOT WITH A PELLET GUN, FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| DX SCALP HEMATOMA: HIT BY PAINTBALL, 6 INCHES CLOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2007 | Age: 0 years | Sex: Not recorded | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| SELF-INFLICTED GSW HEAD, CO2 PELLET GUN HOLLOW POING DX GSW HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/04/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| GSW-BB FRONTAL SKULL, ACC @ HM SKULL FX & FB-GRPTS AWARE OF ACC 2 HRS, EMESIS, FRIEND SHOT PT, UNDERLYING BRAIN CONTUSION, MENTAL STAT NORM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/04/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Metal containers |
| PT SHOT BB GUN IN WOODS, THINKS BOUNCED OFF CAN AND HIT SCALP. DX BB IN SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT SHOT WITH BB GUN BY BROTHER AT HOME DX: PUNCTURE GSW WOUND TO HEAD SKIN TISSUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets |
| PT STATES SHOOTING BB GUN AT NEIGHBOR'S AND BB RICOCHETED AND HIT IN R SIDE OF HEAD 2 WKS AGO. DX. POSS FB R SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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