Accidents - Fishing - Year 2002 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,677
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	76
6-15 years old:	854
16-25 years old:	115
26-50 years old:	1,095
50+ years old:	535

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT OUT IN THE GULF FISHING WHEN HE FELL OFF THE BOAT SUSTAINED A LACERA TION TO RIGHT LOWQER LEG ON THE BARNACLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fishing
ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE- FELL WHILE FISHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fishing
PT STATES SHE WAS FISHING AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON ROCKS INJURING LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
CONTUSION LOWER LEG - 40 YOF STATES SHE WAS FISHING A WEEK AGO AND GOT STUCK IN THE SAND AND WAS HIT ON FRONT OF RIGHT LOWER LEG BY A LOG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK STUCK IN LOWER LEG, ALSO WAS SCRATCHED BY A CAT WHILE PT WAS TRYING TO HOOK THE CAT. D: FISH HOOK L LEG / CAT SCRATCH L THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING IN THE GULF GOT THE HOOK EMBEDDED IN RIGHT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING OUT IN THE GULF GOT THE HOOK EMBEDDED IN LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT CUT LEG ON A ROCK WHILE FISHING. D: FALL / LACERATION LEG - SUTURE D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT. HAD FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN CALF OF LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
FELL ON A SHARP ROCK WHILE FISHING IN A CREEK APPROXIMATELY 1800 TODAY. DX LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK IN RIGHT LEG X2 HOURS. D: FISH HOOK FOREIGN BODY OF SHIN - REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fishing
POISON IVY ON LOWER LEGS-EXPOSURE WHILE FISHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fishing
/ 57 YOM FELL OFF BREAK WALL WHILE FISHING ON LAKE INJ LOWER LEG DX CELLULITIS LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISHING HOOK IN LEG PUNCTURE WOUND & FB LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
INJURED WHILE FISHING DX. LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 46 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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
CONTUSION LT LOWER LEG, FELLUP AN EMBANKMENT WHILEFISHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING GOT THE HOOK EMBEDDED IN RIGHT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fishing
TWO INSECT BITES OF LEFT LOWER LEG, HAS BEEN FISHING ON RIVER. DX INSECT BITES WITH LOCAL ALLERGIC REACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
GOT FISHHOOK IN LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING, GOT HOOK EMBEDDED IN RT CALF, FB LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
PT. WAS FISHING IN RIVER AND HIT A ROCK INJURING LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
FISHING SLIPPED FELL ON ROCKS LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY ABRSIONS AND CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2002	Age: 45 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: Fishing
F.B. R LOWER LEG-REMOVED/45YOM PRESENTS WITH FISH HOOK STUCK TO HIS R LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
OUT AT LAKE FISHING,WENT TO THROW LURE IN LAKE,LURE CAUGHT IN LOWER LEG ,LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2002	Age: 52 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: Laceration
Product: Fishing
LAC CALF ON A TACKLE BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PATIENT CLIMBED INTO BED OF TRUCK, FISH HOOK LYING IN TRUCK, PT. LODGED HOOK INTO LOWER LEG; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
RT CALF FB-CAUGHT A FISHHOOK IN LEG AT THE PARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FB R LOWER LEG; FISHHOOK IN LEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/02/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
REPORTS GETTING OUT OF WATER AFTER FISHING AND SLIPPING ON ROCKS. DX. LAC L LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT. HAD FISHING HOOK IN LOWER LEG - WAS ON FARM POND FISHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FOREIGN BODY RT CALF-WAS FISHING FOR CRAWDADS WHEN HE CAUGHT BAITED FIS H HOOK INTO BACK OF RT CALF.WAS TREBLE HOOK W/3 PRONGS.PT SCREAMING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing, Footwear
PT STATES SHE WAS FISHING, BENT DOWN TO TIE HER SHOE AND NOTICED A FISHING HOOK IN HER LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
CAUGHT SELF WITH FISH HOOK DX. FB CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PATIENT WENT FISHING AND FISHING HOOK GOT STUCK IN LEG. DX: FISH HOOK F OREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT CUT LEG ON A ROCK WHILE FISHING. D: LACERATION LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	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: Fishing
RT LOWER LEG FB-CAUGHT A FISHHOOK IN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2002	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
LACERATION RT LOWER LEG, FELL WHILE FISHING IN A POND IN *** AND LEG WENT UNDER A ROCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
LEFT CALF FB. PT WAS FISHING AND GOT A FISHING LURE IN CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
40 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CONTUSION TO LEG. PT FELL WHILE FISHING, PT WAS STAN DING ON THE SIDE OF THE BANK OF RIVER. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
BANGED LOWER LEG ON SLIPPERY ROCKS, FELL, WHILE FISHING IN THE RIVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISHHOOK IN CALF TRIED TO DISLODGE -ETOHFOREIGN BODY LEFT LOWER LEG-REM OVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT TRIPPED OVER FISH HOOK AT PARK.DX: FB LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
FELL WHILE FISHING DX. LOWER LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING, GOT FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN LT LOWER LEG, FB LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 7 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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
RT CALF FB-FISHHOOK CAUGHT IN LEG WHILE FISHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
GOT FISHHOOK IN LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fishing
WHILE FISHING INJURED ANKLELEFT FIBULA DISTAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PT WAS FISHING WHEN A FISHHOOK CAUGHT IN HIS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK IN CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PUNCTURE WOUND LOWER LEG - GOT A FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Fishing
PATIENT WAS FISHING AND GOT SUNBURNED TO LEGS. DX-SUNBURN BILATERAL LOWER LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK IN LEG - FOREIGN BODY LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT TRYING TO GET FISHING LINE FROM TREE, TRIED TO CLIMB TREE, LAC LT LO WER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT COMPLAINT OF FISH HOOK L LEG, FORIEGN BODY FISH HOOK L LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
GOT FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN LOWER LEG DX: SAME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK STUCK IN RIGHT LOWER LEG. D: FISHHOOK REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PUNCTURE (R) LWR LEG, PT SUST INJURY WITH A FISHHOOK AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REMOVED AT ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
HIT IN LEFT LOWER LEG WITH PLASTIC FISHING ROD BY A CHILD 6 DAYS AGO, LEG SWOLLEN AND RED. DX CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing, Floors or flooring materials
PT GOT FISH HOOK IN LOWER LEG WHEN SLIDING ACROSS THE FLOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 43 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: Other
Product: Fishing
PT.WHO CAME TO E.R.WITH PRE-TIBIAL TRAUMA WITH LOOK WHILE FISHING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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