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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,335
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 54 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| WALKING, PLAYING GOLF,FELT PULL IN BACK OF CALF DX: LEG MUSCLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2008 | Age: 60 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: Hematoma |
| Product: Golf |
| GOLF BALL HIT LEG ON GOLF COURSE, DX; LEG HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2008 | 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING ALOT OF GOLF AND NOW HAS PAIN IN RIGHT LOWER LEG STRAINED LE G |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 83 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 |
| LOWER LEG HEMATOMA-HIT LEG WHILE PLAYING GOLF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2008 | Age: 72 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 |
| PT GETTOING OUT OF A GOLF CART WHILE PLAYING GOLF AND STRUCK LOWER LEG AGAINST A "GOLF T BOX" LACERATION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 63 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 |
| CALF STRAIN-PAIN SINCE PLAYING GOLF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2008 | Age: 48 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 |
| TIBIA FX-TRIPPED-FELL ON UNEVEN GROUND WHILE PLAYING MINI GOLF |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/14/2008 | 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: Golf |
| LOWER LEGS POISON IVY-EXPOSURE WHILE PLAYING GOLF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Golf |
| L LOWER LEG LAC/6YOM AT HOME WAS PLAYING WITH A BROKEN GOLF CLUB AND IN JURED L LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 45 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF AND STRAINED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 48 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| 48 YOM WAS PLAYING GOLF AND JUMPED UP IN THE AIR AND CAME DOWN WITH PAI N LEFT LOWER LEG, DX: ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 38 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, Animal induced injury |
| CALF LAC-BITTEN BY A DOG WHILE PLAYING GOLF @ A COURSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2008 | Age: 61 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 |
| DX LWOBS: RASH: ONSET OF RASH TO R LOWER LEG FOR THE LAST 3D, THE ONLY THING HE CAN REMBER IS GETT'G INTO BLACKBERRY BUSH W GOLFING |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 24 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 |
| PT PLAYING GOLF THIS WEEKEND AND A VERICOSE VEIL POPPED OPEN ON A SWING STARTED TO BLEED UNABLE TO STOP LEG INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2008 | Age: 27 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 |
| DERMATITIS LT LEG: GOLFING OVER WEEKEND, RASH BEHIND LT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 28 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 STRUCK BY GOLFBALL IN LOWER RIGHT LEG DX; HEMATOMA LOWE RIGHT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 29 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 |
| RT SHIN LACERATION.PT WAS PLAYING GOLF AND WAS ANGRY AND WENT TO BREAK CLUB OVER LOWER LEG AND LACERATED LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 24 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 HIT HIMSELF IN LEFT SHIN WITH A GOLF CLUB, WHILE ON GOLF COURSE DX; CONTUSION LEFT SHIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 65 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 RAN UP A HILL & HEARD A POP TO LEFT CALF,IN BACK OF CAL F. PAINFUL TO FRONT PART OF FOOT. DX:MUSCLE TEAR LT CALF,GASTROCNEMIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2008 | Age: 40 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 |
| HIT WITH GOLF BALL. DX- L LOWER LEG CONTUSION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 57 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 |
| CONT & ABRA'S LLE 2ND TO TRAUMA: GOLFING,WALKING ACROSS WOOD BRIDGE ON THE GREEN,FOOT SLIPPED OFF BRIDGE,STRIKING LEG ON BRIDGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Golf |
| PT WAS GOLFING & HIT LEG WITH HANDLE OF CLUB DX: CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2008 | Age: 86 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 LOWER LEG STRAIN.PT WAS GOLFING AND INJURED LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2008 | Age: 72 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Golf |
| PT OUT IN THE ROUGH WHILE PLAYING GOLF FOUR DAYS AGO AND DEVELOPED A R ASH TO LOWER LEGS CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Golf, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| SWINGING GOLF CLUB, HIT TREE, BARK CAME OFF AND CUT LLL DX; LLL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2008 | Age: 29 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 |
| CALF CTS-INJURED WHILE PLAYING GOLF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2008 | 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF AND STRAINED CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT C/O LEG PAIN WHILE PL,AYING GOLF. DX LEG PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/23/2008 | Age: 67 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: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF YESTERDAY AND SOMETHING MAY HAVE BITTEN HER ON THE LOW ER LEG BROKE OUT IN A RASH CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2008 | Age: 66 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF AND STEPPING BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL AND STRAINED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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