An airgun pellet can cause serious injury and even death. The risk for a significant airgun pellet injury is affected by a number of factors.
Risk factors for a significant airgun pellet injury:
(1) unsupervised use by a child
(2) firing the airgun in a public place
(3) firing the airgun at someone
(4) lack of training in handling the gun
(5) cleaning a gun that is still loaded
(6) use of an airgun with high muzzle velocity and high velocity pellets
(7) child with a history of previous traumatic injury (in Hutchinson's series over half of the patients had a significant past history of visits to the Emergency Department)
(8) lack of respect or failure to understand the injury potential
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