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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 100
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/29/2003 | Age: 11 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT. WAS HIT IN RT. EYE WITH PLASTIC BB 2 DAYS AGO- PT. WAS SHOOTING THEM & THEY GOT KNOCKED OFF A WALL. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2003 | Age: 15 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 |
| HIT IN EYE WITH BB CORNEAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2003 | Age: 10 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 |
| PATIENT WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A BB THAT HAD RICHOCHETED FROM A SHORT DISTANCE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION, TRAUMATIC HYPHEMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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