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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 781
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 11 Y.O. W MALE W/PELLET SHOT TO HAND. PT STS WAS SHOT W/PELLET GUN TO H AND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH BB GUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2002 | Age: 10 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PLAYING WITH PELLET GUN AND SHOT SELF IN HAND WHEN GUN ACCIDENTALLY WEN T OFF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| DX FOREIGN BODY LEFT HAND: ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF WHILE TRYING TO RELEASE COCKED HAMMER OF BB GUN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| CHILD ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN HAND WITH BB GUN. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, FOREIGN BODY BB REMOVAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A BB INTO HIS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 11 YO BM - FOREIGN BODY (PELLET) RT. HAND - PUNCTURE WOUND - PELLET G UN SHOT 2ND WEB SPACE OF HAND - PELLET IS PALPABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 16 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT SELF PLAYING WITH BB GUN;FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PT. WAS SHOT IN HAND WITH A PELLET GUN ( NS HOW IT HAPPENED) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN LT HAND WITH A BB GUN, BB RETAINED IN HAND, FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT SUST FOREIGN BODY (BB) TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT L HAND WITH A BB GUN WHILE PLAYING AROUND. BB WOUND L HAND $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2002 | 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: BBs or pellets |
| BB PELLET STUCK IN HAND DX: F.B. REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 26 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: BBs or pellets |
| 26 YOM SHOT WITH BB F' BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT SHOT IN HAND WITH BB GUN, BB IN HAND BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD METACA RPALS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS SHOT WITH BB GUN IN LT HAND DX: FB LT HAND + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2002 | 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT HAND WITH AN AIR BB GUN BB RETAI NED IN THE HAND FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2002 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN IN HAND. NONWORK. PUNCTURE WOUND HAND WITH RETAINED BB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| BB SHOT INTO HAND 5 YEARS AGO, NO PROBLEMS UNTIL 5 DAYS AGO, SON SQUEEZ ED HAND, BB MOVED UP, REDNESS SINCE, FB HAND REMOVAL, CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2002 | Age: 26 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: BBs or pellets |
| SHOT A PELLET IN TO R HAND WITH UNKNOWN TYPE OF GUN DX F.B. R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT HAND WITH A PELLET GUN PELLET EM BEDDED IN LEFT HAND FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT STATES WAS HOLDING BB GUN IT FELL HE WENT TO CATCH IT AND IT WENTOFF BB STRUCK HIM IN LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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