Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Ear

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,732
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	66
Year 1998:	126
Year 1999:	68
Year 2000:	157
Year 2001:	46
Year 2002:	42
Year 2003:	160
Year 2004:	6
Year 2005:	90
Year 2006:	86
Year 2007:	430
Year 2008:	116
Year 2009:	81
Year 2010:	253

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
10 YR M SHOT WITH BB GUN AT CLOSE RANGE BY SISTER;DX FOREIGN BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
8YOM, REPORTS PLACING PLASTIC "AIR GUN" BEADS INTO EAR&ATTEMPTED TO REM OVE IT WITH PLUNGER FROM AIR GUN>>FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
7 YO M RED BB PELLET IN EAR DX: REMOVED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
14YOM WALKING DOWN THE STREET FELT SOMETHING STRIKE LT EAR,BELIEVES HE WAS SHOT WITH A BB GUN;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
10YOF WITH SOFT PELLET FROM AIR GUN LODGED IN EAR CANEL. GUN SHOT BY BROTHER. REMOVED. NO INJURY TO INTERIOR EAR. DX:FOREIGN BDY IN EAR#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
11YOM SHOT WITH A GEL LIKE "BB", PLASTIC TYPE MATERIAL, STRUCK IN EAR DX;* FB (R) EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
6 YR M SHOT WITH *** GUN;DX PELLET FOREIGN BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
12YOM HAS A BB STUCK IN RT EAR. DX - RT EAR FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FB TO EAR. 11 YOM STUCK A BB INTO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Ceilings and walls
10 YOM PT STATES HE SHOT BB GUN AGAINST THE WALL AND THE PELLET LANDED IN HIS RT RT- FOREIGN BODY RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 10 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
STUCK PELLET IN R EAR DX: REMOVED FB - PELLET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
GOT SHOT WITH BB GUN AND LACERATED EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PART OF BB GUN PELLET GOT IN EAR DX: REMOVED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FB LEFT EAR.PT WAS USING A PAINT GUN AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
EAR FB-SHOT W/ PELLET GUN-PELLET IN EAR-NO DETAILS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HAD A BEBE FROM AN AIRSOFT GUN LODGED IN AN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT STATES WAS SHOT IN THE EAR WITH A BB GUN DX F.O.B IN RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT IN EAR WITH BB GUN; BB LODGED IN EAR DX: FOREIGN BODY IN EAR--REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT C/O BB STUCK IN EAR. DX FB TO EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FB IN EAR BB GUN STRUCK EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN EAR WITH A PAINTBALL GUN. DX EAR ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT PLAYING AROUND WITH A PELLET GUN WHICH SHOOTS PLASTIC PELLETS AND ON E SHOT IN LEFT EAR FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN; ABRASION, LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
MOTHER STATES PT HAS BB IN RIGHT EAR PT LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT IN EAR WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT HAS A BB LODGED INTO EAR WAS SHOT IN THE EAR DX// FB LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
CONTUSION EAR - 10 YOM WAS STRUCK ON LEFT EAR BY A PAINT BALL SHOT FROM PAINT BALL GUN BY TEENAGE NEIGHBOR CAUSING A CONTUSION TO EARLOBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT.PLAYING WITH *** BB GUN & SHOT HIS EAR. DX; RT.EAR CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT BY MOTHER WITH BB GUN; FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PLAYING W/ BB GUN AND BEAD RICOCHETED INTO EAR DX: F.B. (BB) IN EAR--REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB GUN SHOT WENT OFF IN EAR DX: FB (PELLET) REMOVED FROM L EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT ON EAR BY PAINTBALL GUN DX CONTUSION EAR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT BY SIBLING WITH BB GUN BEHIND EAR WHEN TARGET PRACTICING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
9YOM SHOT PLASTIC PELLET INTO EAR BY FRIEND ACCIDENTALLY FROM 3FT (PLASTIC PELLET GUN) DX: F.B. TO L EAR REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT WITH BB GUN IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
A PELLET FROM A PELLET GUN WAS IN PATIENT'S EAR. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR CANAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT AND FRINEDS PLAYING WITH BB GUN WHEN BB WENT THROUGH EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR-ACIDENTLY SHOT IN THE EAR WITH AN EMPYT BB G UN ONLY A PLASTIC PIECE OF BB WAS IN GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2001	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2001	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2001	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2000	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2000	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2000	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2000	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2000	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/1999	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/1998	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/1998	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/1998	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/1998	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/1997	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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