Accidents - BBs or pellets - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,066
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	102
Year 1999:	235
Year 2000:	24
Year 2001:	85
Year 2003:	33
Year 2004:	43
Year 2005:	36
Year 2006:	175
Year 2007:	129
Year 2008:	30
Year 2009:	168

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/24/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
16 YOM SHOT BB GUN PELLET IN RIGHT LOWER LEG YESTERDAY. DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY TO RIGHT TIBULA/FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT IN LEG WITH PELLET GUN ACCIDENTALLY BY FATHER 2 DAYS AGO DX// FB RIGHT LOWER LEG CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOOTING A BB GUN AT A TARGET AND RICOCHETED OFF THE TARGET INTO RIGHT CALF BB RETAINED FB CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A BB GUN AND ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN THE LOWER LEG BB RETAINED FB LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT BACK OF R LEG W/PELLET GUN DX: PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
20 YOF ACCIDENTALLY SHOT LEFT CALF WITH PELLET GUN, PELLET WAS A RICHOC HET AND PENETRATED PT'S LEFT CALF, DX: FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT HAD SHOT SELF IN R LOWER LEG FOUR MONTHS AGO - FOREIGN BODY (BB) EMBEDDED IN R LEG, OLD WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HAS BB EMBEDDED IN LT CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH A BB GUN. DX FB LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/26/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
18 YO BB PELLET LODGED IN LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets
WAS OUT HUNTING AND WAS SHOT WITH LEAD PELLETS TO LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FB RT LOWER LEG.PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF WITH A BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
RT LOWER LEG PUCTURE WOUND.PT WENT TO SET PELLET BUN TO SIDE AND IT WEN T OFF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
16 Y/O M INJURED L LOWER LEG WHEN BB FROM BB GUN RICOCHETED AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BODY REMOVED, L LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets
PW RT CALF(BB)PT WAS WALKING THRU WOODS AND WAS SHOT IN CALF WITH A BB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2005	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT CALF: INJURED SELF WITH BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB STUCK IN LOWER LEG X 2 YEARS. DX: FOREIGN BODY LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
MISSFIRE OF PELLET GUN FROM 3 FT AWAY HITTING LEFT SHIN WITH PELLETS UN KNOWN IF PELLET CAME OUT FB REMOVAL LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT WITH PELLET GUN DX. PW CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN THE RIGHT LOWER LEG WITH A BB GUN BB RETAINE D IN LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2001	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2001	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2000	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2000	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/1999	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/1999	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/1999	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/1999	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/1998	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/1998	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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