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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 435
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| CORNEAL AB-@ HOME-EYE HIT W/A PLASTIC BB LIKE PELLET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Cabinet or door hardware |
| MIGHT HAVE HIT IN EYE WITH DOORKNOB, OR WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH AIR TYP E GUN MAY HAVE HIT IN EYE WITH PELLET; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 22 YO SHOT IN EYE BY BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/20/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| BB PELLETE RICOCHETED & STRUCK PT IN EYE ACCIDENTALLY. DX: FOREIGN BODY EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT HIT IN EYE WHEN BROTHER SHOT PELLET GUN YESTERDAY AT HOME; CORN EAL ABRASION, ACUTE IRITIS, HYPHEMA, REFERRED TO OPTHO CLINIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT IN LEFT EYE WITH BB FB LEFT EYE-SENT TO OPTHALMOLOGY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS PLAYING PAINTBALL AND HIT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A PAINTBALL CONTU SION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Ceilings and walls |
| SHOOTING AN AIR SOFT GUN AT STYRAFOAM WALL IN GARAGE FROM 3-5 FT RANGE, BB RICOCHETED OFF WALL HITTING IN EYE; CONTUSION OF EYEBALL,HYPOXIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/01/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS AT HOME WHEN A BB PELET FIRED FROM A GUN HIT HIS EYE CAUSING A HYPOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/22/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PT C/O BB SHOT INTO LFT EYE. A BB PELLET HIT PT IN EYE. DX EYEBALL CONT SUPCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH AN AIR SOFT BB GUN ABRASION TO EYE BB HIT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS HIT IN RIGHT EYE WITH BB - BB BOUNCED OFF TARGET & IT PT IN EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| CHILD SUSTAINED BB PELLET TO EYE. ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING. 15 YEAR OLD SIST ER AT SCENE. AIR RIFLE. HAPPENED IN BEDROOM. D:GSW, EYE. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/02/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS SHOT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A BB GUN - UNABLE TO SEE OUT OF EYE. D: ACUTE EYE PAIN ; LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION ; TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| GRANDMOTHER FOUND PT HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE EYE WITH BB GUN - COUSIN POIN TED GUN TO PTS FACE & SAID "I'M GOING TO SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT" D:SUBCONJU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SHOT IN EYE W/ BB/PELLET GUN DX FB L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT DX GSW RT EYE PELLETS FRAGMENT - S/P GSW TO RT EYE,NO COOPORATION BUT ALERT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 11 YO M HAD STRUCK IN EYE W/BB GUN FOREIGN BODY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| HEMORRHAGE EYEBALL WHEN GOT SHOT WITH BB GUN WHEN PLAYING WITH BB GUN |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
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