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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 623
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fishing |
| HOOK CAUGHT HEAD/SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 28 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: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fishing |
| @ THE BEACH FISHING, ACCIDENTALLY SLIPPED ON THE ROCKS&FELL HITTING BAC K OF HEAD, ?LOC>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY/ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT ACCIDENTLY PUNCTURED SCALP WITH FISHING HOOKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fishing, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| 40 YOM WAS FISHING AND STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON GALVANIZED PIPE CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 41 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: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fishing |
| FELL ONTO ROCKS WHILE FISHING INJURING HEAD. DX; HEADACHE, MECHANICAL FALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| GOT A FISH HOOK STUCK IN SCALP. DX. FOREIGN BODY HEAD/SCALP.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT FISHING THIS EVENING AND HOOKED A RATHER LARGE SHARK PULLED FORWARD SLAMMING HEAD INTO THE SIDE OF THE BOAT CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| FISH HOOK IN HEAD DX; FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT HAS FISHHOOK IN TOP OFHEAD. DX. FISHHOOK IN HEAD, REMOVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fishing, Umbrellas |
| WHILE FISHING, THE WIND SWEPT UP A METAL UMBRELLA POLE WHICH HIT PTS HE AD, CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| GOT FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN TOP OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| PT FISHING GOT FISH HOOK STUCK IN HEAD DX// FISH HOOK SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fishing |
| FELL OUT OF BOAT WHILE FISHING/HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fishing |
| FISHING LURE HOOK EMBEDDED IN SCALP FOREIGN BODY HEAD # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fishing |
| SEVERE HEADACHE WHILE FISHING SINUSITIS * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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