Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - 26-50 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,185
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	503	Face:	251
Finger:	234	Ankle:	207
Upper Trunk:	156	Lower Leg:	135
Shoulder:	103	Ear:	94
Foot:	85	Head:	75
Hand:	64	Elbow:	58
Toe:	58	Lower Trunk:	51
Upper Leg:	44	Mouth:	43
Wrist:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT SELF IN THE FOOT WITH AN AIR RIFLE; PELLET IS STUCK IN FOOT DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT FOOT--REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
EYE TRAUMA. PT WAS SHOT IN EYE WITH A BB GUN BY ACCIDENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN FACE WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
39 YO MALE WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN HAND WITH BB GUN F/B LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT WITH PELLET GUN PUNCTURE WOUND CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
CALF FB-SHOOTING A BB GUN-BB BOUNCE OFF A WALL-HIT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT. WAS WORKING ON BB GUN, SHOT L 2ND DIGIT W/BB PELLET. DX. FB L INDE X - REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THE LEFT THIGH AT HOME WITH A PELLET GUN BY HIS SON. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT IN THE CHEST WITH PAINT BALL GUN, WITH PAIN PELLETS, CO CHEST P AIN, CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HIT IN EYE WITH PAINT BALL GUN; CORNEAL ABRASSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A GUN DURING A ROBBERY ATTEMPT. DX-2CM SCALP LACER ATION, MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS PLAYING AROUND W/PELLET GUN AND WAS SHOT 4 DAYS AGO. DX: FB R THIGH, EARLY CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT BY PAINTBALL RUPTURED EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2004	Age: 27 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Personal protection devices
PT WAS PLAYING PAINTBALL EARLIER WHEN HE LIFTED HIS MASK UP SHOT DIRECT LY IN THE LEFT EYE CONTUSION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT'S FRIEND ACCID SHOT PT W/PELLET GUN. DX: R FOOT CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT SELF WITH PELLET GUN WHILE CHANGING CARTRIDGE; FB ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 31 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PLAYING PAINT BALL IN CANYON GAME HAD ENDED WHEN GOT STRUCK IN L EYE W PAINTBALL DX CONTUSION LATERAL L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX LEFT CALF STRAIN: INVOLVED IN PAINT GUN GAME, INJURED LEG WHILE RUNNING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
LEFT HAND FB. PT SHOT HIMSELF IN HAND WITH A BB GUN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
28 YOM SHOT IN BACK OF LEG WITH BB GUN FB LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTLY SHOOTING W/ BB GUN INTO WRIST DX WRIST F B (METALLIC BB) , LAC TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2004	Age: 43 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
43 YOM WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A PAINT BALL HE THOUGHT HE WAS THROUG H PLAYING & TOOK OFF HIS EYE SHIELD & WAS HIT WITH A STRAY PAINT BALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
41 YO MALE WAS HIT WITH PAINT BALL RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 37 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GLOBES RUPTURED-CORNEAL AB-SHOOTING BB GUN @ CAR TIRE-BB RICHOCHETED & HIT PT'S EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PAINTBALL SHOOTING SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
41 YO MALE WAS HIT BY PAINT BALL GUN TWICE IN ONE SPOT CONTUSION RIGHT GROIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
2 DAYS AGO SHOT HERSELD W/ BB GUN DX MID FINGER METALLIC FB / BB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
TWISTED ARM USING AN AIR GUN YESTERDAY C/O ELBOW PAIN DX: R ELBOW SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 32 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT BY PAINT BALL DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
USING AIR GUN AT HOME WHEN GOT FB IN R EYE DX FB OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN RT FOOT W/ BB PELLET GUN YESTERDAY. FOREIGN BOD Y RT FOOT (3RD TOE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Footwear
WAS SHINNING BOOTS WITH AIR GUN AND BURNED HIS STOMACH DX BURN TO LOWER TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
IN CANYON SHOOTING PAINT GUNS WAS HIT IN R EYE W PAINTBALL THINKS EYE W AS CLOSED AT TIME DX HYPHENA OD
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK IN FOREHEAD WITH BB-PELLET WHILE WALKING DOW N STREET, BB PELLET TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
CONTUSION NOSE - 30 YOF WAS STRUCK ACCIDENTALLY IN THE FACE WITH A PAIN T BALL GUN, C/O PAIN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ABRASION SHOULDER - 27 YOF WAS CLEANING A SHELF WHEN A PELLET GUN FELL OFF AND DISCHARGED INJURING THE BACK OF HER RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT. WAS SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE BY HIS 3 YO RELATIVE W/PELLET PISTOL. DX. PELLET R CHEEK AND DENTAL INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT WAS SHOT IN THE RT. HUMERUS AREA AND FRONTAL SCALP, HAVING SWELLING TO THE HEAD, SHOT WITH PISTOL WITH PELLETS. DX-GUNSHOT WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT WITH PAINT BALL GUN DX. OPEN GLOBE, EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/30/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT IN NOSE WITH A BB GUN ON WEDNESDAY IN ***. THE BB JUST F ELL OUT OF NOSE TODAY. DX. WOUND R NARE WITH MILD CELLULITS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Sports and recreational activity
PT WAS HIT IN FACE W/PAINTBALL WHILE PLAYING PAINTBALL. DX: 1.8 CM CHIN LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT GOT SHOT BY PELLET GUN. DX: FRACTURE TO 2ND FINGER, LEFT HAND WITH FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2004	Age: 47 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH BB GUN, DIDNT KNOW GUN WAS LOADED, FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT STATES A BB GUN WENT OFF AND SHOT HIMSELF IN THE THUMB DX; FB RT THU MB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT PLAYING PAINTBALL AT HOME WHEN HE DOVE TO THE GROUND TO AVOID BEING SHOT FRACTURED LEFT SHOULDER (CLAVICLE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT SELF IN INDEX FINGER W/ PELLET GUN DX PELLET WOUND PUNCTURE, WRIS T SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 32 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN NOSE WITH PELLET GUN - CONTUSION OF NOSE SECONDARY TO PALLET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2004	Age: 38 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
DX BB WOUND TO LEFT HAND: TRIPPED WITH BB GUN IN DARK, BB TO HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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