Accidents - BBs or pellets - Year 2007 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,457
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	69
6-15 years old:	804
16-25 years old:	303
26-50 years old:	279

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets
HIT IN R EYE W/PLASTIC BB, PAIN DX; TRAUMATIC IRITIS R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets
HYPHEMA OF LEFT EYE - STRUCK IN EYE WITH BB PELLET ON 12/20/07. INITIALLY WITHOUT VISION LOSS BUT NOW HE CAN'T SEE OUT OF EYE-NO VISIT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/15/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Other guns or firearms
30Y/O,F,ACCIDENTAL SHOTGUN BLAST WITH PELLET, SOFT TISSUE WOUNDS OF L FACE, L ORBIT METALLIC FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT SHOT IN EYE WITH BB 3 DAYS AGO, EYE CONTINUES TO WATER, TROUBLE SEEING; TRAUMATIC IRITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2007	Age: 9 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
EYE ABRASION, HIT WITH SOFT PELLET IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 WAS SHOT IN EYE WITH RUBBER PELLET FROM BB GUN, CONTUSION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2007	Age: 13 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 PLAYING WITH A BB GUN AND SHOT SELF IN EYE. D: RIGHT EYE CORN EAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets
HIT IN FACE WITH BB[PLASTIC BB], DX; EYE PAIN NO GUN STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets
LEFT EYE TRAUMA FROM BEING HIT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC BB PELLETS WHILE PLAYING WITH KIDS IN NEIGHBORHOOD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets
PT SHOT IN EYE W/BB AT HOME. DX. EYE TRAUMA W/APPARENT HYPERPLESIA.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 12 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 SHOOTING BB GUN AT GARAGE DOOR, AT HOME, BB BOUNCED BACK & HIT HIM IN THE LT EYE. DX: RETINAL BRUISE & HYPHEMA, CORNEAL EDEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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 USING AIR GUN SHOT PLASTIC BB, BB BOUNCED BACK STRIKING PT IN L EYE DIAGNOSIS: DECREASED VISION L EYE (HYPHEMA)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets
PT SUST INJURY TO EYE FROM BB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/26/2007	Age: 15 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
CONTUSED EYE WHEN SHOT WITH PELLET GUN
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 05/24/2007	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
PATIENT OUTSIDE PLAYING WITH FRIEND WHEN PLASTIC PELLET FROM BB GUN HIT HIM IN EYE LAST NIGHT, PHOTOPHOBIA; SCLERAL ABRASION, IRITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 16 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 PLAYING AROUND AT HOME AND ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A P ELLET GUN ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
26 YOF WAS STRUCK IN EYE BY BB FROM BB GUN - R EYE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT WAS HOLDING A TARGET UP FOR A FRIEND WHO WAS SHOOTING A BB GUN AND W AS ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH THE BB SUSTAINED A PW TO EYEBAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/18/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	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
GSW-EYE, PT AND FRIENDS PLAYING W/PELLETT GUN & WAS HIT IN EYE WITH A B B, FB EYE/RUPTURED GLOBE, VITRECTOMY/LENSECTOMY/REFORMATION DONE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/17/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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 HIT WITH AN *** PELLETDX: LT EYE INJ DX: LT EYE INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	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
CONTUSED EYE,SHOT WITH AIR SOFT BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2007	Age: 8 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, Plants, trees and shrubs
CHILD SHOOTING AT TARGETSON A TREE WHEN PLASTIC BB PELLET WENT INTO EYE . D:TRAUMATIC IRITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2007	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF THE EYE FROM PLASTIC PELLET SHOT FROM A BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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 SHOT WITH RUBBER PELLET FROM 10 FEET AWAY DX: RUPTURED RT GLOBE OF THE RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/11/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT PLAYING WITH BB GUN AND SHOT IN EYE, VOMITING; HYPHEMA, EYE CON TUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT SHOT IN CLOSED EYE WITH PLASTIC BB FROM GUN 2 DAYS AGO, HAVING INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT, REDNESS; SUSPECT IRITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 10 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
GSW-BB IN EYE, FB EYE, CONTUSION EYEBALL, SUPERFICIAL INJURY CORNEA, BB GUN INJURY TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2007	Age: 17 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
PT WAS SHOT IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC BB , DX: LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT HIT IN EYE BY PLASTIC BB THAT BOUNCED OFF A WALL AND HIT PT IN EYE. DX: BLUNT TRAUMA TO RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2007	Age: 11 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 PLAYING AROUND WITH SOME FRIENDS WITH A BB GUN AND ACCIDENTL SHOT I N THE LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2007	Age: 12 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 WAS ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A BB GUN ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		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 ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN RT EYE WITH BB GUN BY FRIEND DX: RT EYE INJ WITH HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/21/2007	Age: 11 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 & NEIGHBOR SHOOTING BB GUNS WHEN PT HIT IN EYE W/BB, C/O EYE PAIN, U BABLE TO OPEN EYE & CANNOT SEE OUT OF EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION, HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/18/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PUNCTURED EYE WHEN BROTHER TARGET SHOOTING WITH BB GUN AND IT RICOCHETE D
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/26/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	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
HEMORRHAGE EYEBALL WHEN SHOT WITH PLASTIC PELLET FROM PELLET GUN
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 01/24/2007	Age: 10 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, Eye protection devices
CHILD, WEARING ILL FITTING SAFETY GLASSES, HIT IN EYE PLASTIC BB THAT R ICOCHETED OFF GROUND. D:CORNEAL ABRASION, TRAUMATIC IRITIS,HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
CONTUSED EYEBALL WHEN HIT WITH PLASTIC PELLET FROM BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 SUS AN EYE ABRASION AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE EYE BY BROTHER. DX CORN EAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
OTHER CHILD THOUGHT KIDS PELLET GUN WAS EMPTY(USED WITH STICKY DART BOA RD TO SHOOT AT)PELLET RICOCETED OFF WALL HITING PT IN EYE; SUBCON HEMOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2007	Age: 40 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
PATIENT SHOT IN EYE WITH BB GUN RESULTING IN A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 22 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 WAS SHOT IN EYE WHILE PLAYING WITH *** GUNDX: CORNEAL AB DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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