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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,435
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2003 | Age: 67 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF STRAINED LEFT CALF |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/19/2003 | Age: 44 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF INJD LEG DX; RT CALF STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 60 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, Wooden containers |
| PT PLAYING GOLF ON A GOLF COURSE STRUCK HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG AGAINST A W OODEN BOX LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2003 | Age: 9 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 BY GOLF BALL DX: RT SHIN LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2003 | Age: 16 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 |
| PT SLIPPED PLAYING GOLF AND INJURED LOWER LEG. D X LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2003 | Age: 59 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| AFTER PLAYING 27 HOLES OF GOLF,CALF SWELLED UP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2003 | Age: 69 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: Hematoma |
| Product: Golf |
| HEMATOM LOWER LEG - PATIENT REPORTS SHE WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT ANTERIOR L OWER LEG BY A GOLF BALL - LARGE HEMATOME WITH TINGLING IN LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2003 | Age: 40 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 |
| CUT LEG WHILE GOLFING-LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2003 | Age: 77 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: Fracture |
| Product: Golf, Golf carts |
| PT PLAYING GOLF WHEN SHE WAS INADVERTENTLY STRUCK BY A GOLF CART FRACTU RED RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/17/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Golf |
| FELL IN HOLE PLAYING GOLF-FRACTURED FIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2003 | Age: 26 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 |
| WHILE PLAYING GOLF, SOME INSECT BIT PATIENT ON LEG, WITH REDNESS, SWELLING AND PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Golf |
| PT SUST CONTUSION TO LEG WITH GOLF BALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2003 | Age: 64 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: Fracture |
| Product: Golf |
| L TIBIAL FX;R ANKLE SPR/64YOF WAS GOLFING AT GOLF COURSE AND TRIPPED AF TER STEPPING IN A HOLE. C/O BIL ANKLE PAIN & UNABLE TO BEAR WEIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2003 | Age: 22 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Golf |
| PT HIT ON LOWER LEG BY GOLF BALL. D: LOWER LEG CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2003 | Age: 69 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: Fracture |
| Product: Golf |
| TWISTED ANKLE WHILE GOLFING-FRACTURED DISTAL FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| WAS PLAYING GOLF WHEN HE HURT HIS LEG DX RT LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Golf |
| 10 YO FEMALE PASSED OUT PLAYING MINIATRUE GOLF ON BOARDWALK SYNCOPE - CONTUSION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2003 | Age: 72 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| MUSCULOSKELETAL STRAIN L LEG - PAIN AFTER PLAYING GOLF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2003 | Age: 35 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Golf |
| PLAYING GOLF IN TALL GRASS AND DEVELOPED A CIRCULAR REDNESS TO LEG;PROB ABLE LYME DISEASE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2003 | Age: 49 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 SLIPPED ON A SLOPE PLAYING GOLF. DX: L DISTAL FIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| RT LEG CONTUSION-C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TO RT LOWER LEG AFTER GETTING HI T WITH A GOLF CLUB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2003 | Age: 46 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: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Golf |
| PT SUNBURNED ON THURSDAY. PLAYED GOLF TODAY & USED *** 30 LOTION. NOW W ITH RED RASH ON LEGS. D: VASCULITIS, PHOTO SUN REACTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2003 | Age: 84 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: Golf |
| PT SLIPPED ON GRASS FELL ON TREE STUMP PLAYING GOLF, 2 SKIN TEARS R LOW ER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2003 | Age: 21 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, Chairs |
| LT LOWER LEG LAC-USING A GOLF CLUB TO BREAK UP A CHAIR & HIT SELF IN LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2003 | Age: 88 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 |
| LEFT LEG PAIN. PT WAS PLAYING GOLF WHEN HIS FOOT FELT LIKE A BALL HIT H IM. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/18/2003 | Age: 37 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| LEFT CALF STR, PT WAS PLAYING GOLF AND WAS WALKING UP A HILL WHEN HE FELT A POP IN CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2003 | Age: 63 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| PT FELL ON THE GOLF COURSE WHILE PLAYIUNG GOLF YESTERDAY STRAINED RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2003 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF TWISTED WRONG FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| FELL PLAYING GOLF SPRAIN ANKLE & LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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