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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 130
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/02/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 8 YOF WAS PLAYING OUTISDE, WITH BROTHERS, AND SHOT HERSELF IN THE HEAD WITH A BB GUN- VOMITING. DX; BB IN BRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/21/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 25 YOF SHOT W/BB GUN 7-8 FT AWAY TO HEAD ACCIDENTALLY DX: FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 17YOM WAS SHOT WITH HEAD IWTH BB, NO HA CONSTANT PAIN, PAIN WORSE WITH EXERCISE, VOMITING DX: CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 17YOM WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH BB ACCIDENTALLY, NO LOC, SCALP LAC WAS BLEED ING DX: HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| P.W. TO SCALP/14YOM WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A BB WHILE SHOOTING AT BIR DS WITH NEIGHBOR. NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2010 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 18MOM 4YO BROTHER FOUND BB GUN UNDER BED, MOM TRIED PULLING IT AWAY WHE N SHOT FIRED HITTING PT IN HEAD; BB IN SCALP, PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 15YOM SHOTTING PELLET GUNS WITH FRIEND & FRIEND'S DAD AT FRIEND'S HOUSE , SHOT IN FOREHEAD WITH PELLET, STILL HAS HEADACHE; HEAD INJ, FB REMOVE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 03/01/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| 26YOM SHIOT WITH A BB GUN ON FRIDAY AND BB IS EMBEDDED ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD FB SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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