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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,069
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2002 | Age: 48 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: Fracture |
| Product: Golf |
| PT TWISTED ANKLE WHILE GOLFING. DX: DISTAL L FIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Golf |
| 10 Y/O M C/O RIGHT CALF LAC - CUT WITH GOLF CLUB. DX: LACERATION RIGHT LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2002 | Age: 11 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: Golf |
| CUT RT LOWER LEG ON METAL END OF BROKEN GOLF CLUB. - LACERATION RT LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2002 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Golf, Golf carts |
| RT LOWER LEG CT-WHILE GOLFING-CAUGHT LEG BETWEEN 2 GOLF CARTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 68 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: Hematoma |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF STRUCK IN THE RIGHT LOWER LEG WITH A GOLF BALL HEMATOMA LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 52 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: Golf |
| OUT GOLFING, WALKED INTO BRUSH TO GET HIS BALL AND BRUSHED UP AGAINST A CACTUS. DX CELLULITIS - CACTUS NEEDLE FB TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Golf |
| HIT IN RIGHT LEG WITH GOLF CLUB SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 16 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Golf |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO LEG FROM GOLF CLUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Golf |
| PT. WAS HIT IN THE LEG WITH A BROKEN GOLF CLUB - N/S WHERE THIS HAPPEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 32 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: Golf |
| RUPTURED ACHILLES TENDON WHILE PLAYING GOLF.! |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Golf |
| CUT LOWER LEG WHEN HIT WITH GOLF CLUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2002 | Age: 53 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: Golf |
| WHILE PLAYING GOLF FELLDX: CONTUSION LT. LOWER LEG & COCCYX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT WAS PLAYING GOLF & FELT A POP IN HIS ACHILLES TENDON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Golf |
| PATIENT IS A HEMOPHILIA PATIENT, HAVING LEG PAIN AND SWELLING AFTER PLA YING GOLF YESTERDAY; LEG (CALF) HEMATOMA, POSSIBLE BLEEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Golf |
| PT TWISTED ANKLE PLAYING GOLF YESTERDAY; FX RT FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2002 | Age: 78 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: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF, HIT IN LT LOWER LEG WITH GOLF BALL, CONTUSION LOWER LE G |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2002 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Golf |
| PT WAS OUT GOLFING & SCRATCHED CALF ON A RUSTY SEWER PIPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2002 | Age: 43 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: Fracture |
| Product: Golf |
| DX RIGHT FIBULA FRACTURE: PLAYING GOLF, INJURED LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2002 | Age: 71 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: Fracture |
| Product: Golf |
| WHILE PLAYING GOLF, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET GRASS INJURING LOWERLEG. FX R FIBULA $ |
| Disposition: Not recorded |
| Date: 04/03/2002 | Age: 65 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: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF, SUSTAINED LT LOWER LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2002 | Age: 55 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: Golf, Golf carts |
| WHILE PLAYING GOLF, CAUGH BETWEEN 2 GOLF CARTS DX. LOWER LEF LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Golf |
| HIT WITH GOLF BALL DX: TIBULAR CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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