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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,452
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/26/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT FISHING GOT A CAT FISH BARB EMBEDDED IN RIGHT HYAND FOREIGN BODY HAN D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fishing |
| PW RIGHT HAND. PT GOT A FISH HOOK STUCK IN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2002 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| FISHHOOK REMOVAL L HAND - FISHHOOK CAUGHT IN WEB OF HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fishing |
| DX CONTUSION LEFT HAND: FISHING, FELL ONTO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fishing |
| WHILE FISHING CUT HAND ON SOMETHING IN WATER AT CREEK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| FISH HOOK TO L HAND.DX FISH HOOK L PALM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| 17YOM-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT PALM-FISHHOOK REMOVED FROM PALM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| CAUGHT SELF WITH FISH HOOK DX. FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 22 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| HAND FB-CAUGHT FISHHOOK IN HAND WHILE FISHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 18 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fishing |
| PATIENT FISHING YESTERDAY WHEN HAND WAS STUCK ON A CATFISH SPINE. HAND RED, SWOLLEN. D: CELLULITIS, EARLY TENOSYNOVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fishing |
| CUT L HAND ON AN UNKNOWN OBJECT WHILE FISHING IN A RIVER. LAC L HAND $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| FISH HOOK IN RT HAND; F/B REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT FISHING, CAUGHT CATFISH, TRYING TO GET IT OFF OF LINE, BARBED BY CAT FISH IN RT HAND, PW RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 16 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| CAUGHT BARBED HOOK RT 2ND FINGER. FISH HOOK RT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| 21 YOMC HELPING LAND FISH @ POND & GOT FISH SPINE BURIED IN HAND/CATFIS H SPINE RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT FISHING, TRYING TO TAKE CATFISH OFF OF HOOK AND FISH BARBED PT, PT R T HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fishing |
| SQUIRREL TANGLED IN FISHING LINE, BIT HAND WHILE ASSISTING SQUIRREL WHI LE FISHENG. DX; SQUIRREL BITE HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT GOT FISHING HOOK CAUGHT IN LEFT HANDDX: FISH HOOK REMOVAL LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT FISHING TRYINT OT GET THE FISH OFF THE HOOK SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WO UND TO LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT TRYING TO GET A CAT FISH OFF OF HOOK WHILE FISHING, PW TO HAND FROMC AT FISH SPINE, PW HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fishing |
| PATIENT WAS FISHING IN CREEK 3 DAYS AGO, NOW HAS ITCHING RASH ON BOTH HANDS. DX CONTACT DERMATITIS BOTH HANDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT WAS FISHING IN RIVER CAUGHT FISH AND FISH HOOK LODGED IN HIS R HAND WHEN FISH MOVED DX FISH HOOK REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fishing, Knives |
| CUTTING BAMBOO POLE TO GO FISHING WITH WAS USING KNIFE DX LACERATION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fishing |
| STUCK IN HAND WITH FISH FIN WHILE FISHING. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fishing |
| CUT ON UNKNOWN OBJECT WHILE FISHING HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fishing |
| C/O FISH HOOK LODGED TO LT HAND GETTING OUT OF CAR & SNAGGED FISH HOOK DX: FISH HOOK LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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