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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 863
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/19/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 12YOM WAS HIT ON LT EYE WITH *** PELLETDX:BLUNT TRUAMA LT EYE WITH LOSS OF VISION, AB NEAR CORNER OF EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/17/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 4YOM TO ER FOR FB NOSE- AIR SOFT PELLETS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 12YOM HAD FRIENDS AT HIS HOUSE, A FRIEND HAD BROUGHT HIS BB GUN, ACCIDE NTALY SHOT PT IN FACE; FB BELOW EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/28/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 13 Y/O MALE WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH A BB FROM A FRIENDS BB GUN AT HOME DX: ABRASION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| A 2 YR OLD MALE PUT METAL BB IN RIGHT NOSTIRIL DX FORIEGN BODY IN NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 7 YR F SHOT WITH BB GUN AT 4 FT AWAY WHEN WAS RIDING BIKE;DX CONTUSE D EYELID AND EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 2 YOM BB IN NOSE DX: FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 9 YR M SHOT BY BROTHER WITH A *** BB GUN 25 FT AWAY;DX FOREIGN BODY FOR EHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 12YOM WAS SHOT WITH A BB, BY A FRIEND, AT HOME, IN HIS RT EYE DX; RT EYELID FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2010 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 15 MONTH OLD FEMALE PATIENT STUCK BB IN NOSE AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BOD Y TO NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 12YOM PLAYING W/ *** PELLET GUN. TOOK OFF EYE PROTECT. FRIEND THOUGHT G UN UNLOADED. ACCID HIT PT IN L EYE. SCRAPE TO EYELID DX FACE ABRAS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 18YOM REPORTS RT SIDE FACIAL INJ, 2ND TO GETTING SHOT WITH BB GUN DX:RETAINED FB (BB) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 15 YOM INJURED CHEEK WITH BB PELLET. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT CHEEK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 3YOM W/TWIN BROTHER FOUND AIRGUN/BB GUN IN UNCLE'S ROOM, CAME OUT W/BLO OD FROM EYE, BROTHER SHOT PT IN EYE; LOWER LID LAC, ECCHYMOSIS GLOBE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/13/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: American Indian/Alaska Native |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 17 YO MALE SHOT IN THE FACE WITH A BB GUN. DX FB EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2010 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 50 YOM INJURED FACE WITH BB . DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY FACE, FACIAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 4YOF STUCK PLASTIC BB IN NOSE, UNSURE HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN THERE, N O DIFFICULTY BREATHING DX: FB IN NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 2YOF STUCK A PELLET UP RIGHT NOSTRIL FB NOSE- (PELLET FROM PELLUT GUN) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| SHOOTING BB GUN AND IT CAME BACK HIT FACE. FOREIGN BODY FACE 15YOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 3YOF PUT SMALL GREEN *** PELLET INTO R NOSTRIL NOW PARENT S UNABLE TO RETREIVE IT DX FB R NOSTRIL PASSAGEWAY REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 10YOM PLAYING WITH A BB GUN AND IT RICOCHETED OFF TARGET INTO FOREHEAD BB RETAINED FB FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 13 YR M SHOT PUMP TYPE BB GUN IT HIT FENCE AND REBOUNDED INTO HIM;DX FO REIGN BODY FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 19 Y/O MALE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN FACE WTH A BB FROM BB GUN GUNSHOT TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2010 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH COUSIN WHEN SHE PUT PELLET UP NOSE, DX: FB IN NOSTRIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2010 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 19MOM; PT WAS SHOT IN THE FOREHEAD WITH A BB GUN BY 2 YEAR OLD BROTHER; GUN WAS PUT AWAY; INCIDENT NOT WITNESSED. D: GUNSHOT WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 8YOM PLAYING WITH FRIEND'S BB GUN, SAFETY WAS OFF, ACCIDENTALLY SHOT TH RU FOREHEAD, FELL HITTING HEAD, CONFUSED; PARIETAL BONE FX., FB GSW |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/09/2010 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| 21MOF PT PUT A BB GUN PELLET IN HER L NOSTRIL. NO SYMPTOMS SINCE. DX FB NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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