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Accidents - Slingshots or sling-propelled toys - Year 2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 379
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:174Eyeball:119
Upper Trunk:70Neck:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/20/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
A 6 YOF HIT SELF IN EYE WITH SLINGSHOT, EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2010Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
13 YR M HIT WITHPUMPKIN SOMEONE SHOT FROM SLINGSHOT ;DX CONTUSED LIPS AND NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2010Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
15YOM SUSTAINED EYE INJURY WHEN HE WAS HIT WITH A SLINGSHOT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2010Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
36YOM STR NECK USING SLINGSHOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
9YOM LACERATION TO FOREHEAD SHOOTING A PEACH WITHA SLINGSHOT PEACH BACK FIRED HIT PT ON FOREHEAD, OCCURED AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2010Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Slingshots or sling-propelled toys, Balloons
16 YR OLD MALE HIT IN EYE BY WATER BALLOON FIRED FROM SLING SHOT DURING A GAME WITH BLOWOUT FX TO EYE,NOSEBLEED,TRANSF TO MASS EYE AND EAR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 07/05/2010Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Asian
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
12YOM PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF WITH A PLASTIC PART OF SLING SHOT DX: EYE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2010Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
67 YOF-STRUCK IN L CHEST W/WATER BALLOON THAT WAS EJECTED FROM A LAUNCH ER DX CT CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2010Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
11 YOM, HYPHENA TO EYE, PT WAS USING SLING SHOT AND THE HANDLE CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2010Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Slingshots or sling-propelled toys, Desk supplies
2YOF, ACC GOT STRUCK ONTO EYE WITH A SLING SHOT VS RUBBER BAND >>CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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