Accidents - Fishing - Year 2005 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,171
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	106
6-15 years old:	822
16-25 years old:	150
26-50 years old:	527
50+ years old:	564

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/15/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK STUCK IN LEG WHILE PLAYING WITH ROD AND REEL. REMOVAL FOREIG N BODY LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT. WAS FISHING AND GOT A FISH HOOK IN HIS LOWER LEG DIAGNOSIS; FOREIGN BODY LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2005	Age: 46 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: Fishing
FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN L CALF DX: L LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2005	Age: 42 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: Fishing
INFECTED WOUND: CONTUSION R LOWER LEG: FELL BETWEEN 2 ROCKS SCRAPPED R LOWER LEG, WAS FISHING, WEDNESDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fishing
WENT FISHING YESTERDAY, HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF LEG PAIN DX LOWER LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 26 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: Puncture
Product: Fishing
C/O PT STATES WAS FISHING GOT HOOK CAUGHT IN LEG DX PUNCTURE RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2005	Age: 11 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: Laceration
Product: Fishing
FISHING, LACERATED SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK STUCK IN RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK THRU LOWER LEG. " FB REMOVAL''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2005	Age: 10 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT GOT A FISHHOOK EMBEDDED IN RIGHT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 10 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: Puncture
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK INTO CALF WHILE FISHING "FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2005	Age: 11 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: Fishing
PT GOT A FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2005	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
L LOWER LEG ABRAS/59YOM LAST WEEK FELL ON BOULDER WHILE FISHING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2005	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: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT WAS FISHING ON THE BEACH AND STEPPING OVER SOME LOGS SLIPPED BETWEEN THE LOGS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT COMES TO ER WITH FISH HOOK STUCK IN HIS LOWER LEG DX: FOREIGN BODY--REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing, Chairs
PT SAT DOWN ON A CHAIR, STRIKING LOWER LEG ON A FISHHOOK THAT WENT THRU LOWER LEG" FB REMOMVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2005	Age: 10 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: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT WAS FISHING INJURIED LOWER LEG ON A PIEC OF METAL USED FOR BUILDING. " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
ACCIDENTALLY HIT LEG WITH FISHING POLE DX: L LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 53 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: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT WAS FISHING , SLIPPED ON ROCKS INJURING LOWER LEG. " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT C/O FISH HOOK IN LFT CALF. DX FISH-HOOK REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2005	Age: 6 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: Fishing
PT FISHING AT BEACK, HIT A ROCK, LAC RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT HAS A FISH HOOK STUCK IN LEG. D: F.B. LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 4 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: Fishing
FISHHOOK IN L THIGH AT POND 30 MINS PTA. DX. FB R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2005	Age: 3 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: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING WITH HIS FATHER WHEN HE PULLED THE NET IN THERE WAS A STINGR AY IN THE NET SLASHED AT RIGHT LOWER LEG PUNCTURE WOUND LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PATIENT HAD A FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN LEFT LOWER LEG. DX-FOREIGN BODY LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2005	Age: 10 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: Puncture
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN LOWER LEG...PUNCTURE WOUND FISH HOOK REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2005	Age: 7 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT GOT A FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN RIGHTY LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2005	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: Fishing, Knives
PT WAS FISHING WHEN HE FELL ON THE ROCK WHILE HOLDING A KNIFE LACERATI ON LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2005	Age: 44 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: Laceration
Product: Fishing
LACERATION LEG - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH RIGHT SHIN LACERATION - SLIPPED ON ROCKS WHEN FISHING JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2005	Age: 46 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: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PUNCTURE WOUND - 46 YOM WAS OUT FISHING, SUSTAINED A WOUND TO HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG AFTER CONTACT WITH DEAD FISH'S FIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2005	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: Puncture
Product: Fishing, Knives
PT OUT FISHING IN THE GULF DROPPED THE FISH AND REACHED FOR IT WHILE HO LDING HIS BONING KNIFE SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2005	Age: 36 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: Fishing, Wire
PT INJURIED SHIN ON A WIRE WHILE FISHING, A WK AGO, NOW SHIN IS SWOLLEN &INFECTED SUSTAINED" CELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2005	Age: 23 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: Fishing
PT C/O FISH HOOK IN LEG. PT HAD FISH HOOK IN LEG. DX FOREIGN BODY LEG ( LOWER)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2005	Age: 42 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: Fishing
L LOWER LEG ABRASIONS WITH LOCAL CELLULITIS: FISHING ON *** RIVER SLIPP ED, CUTTING L SHIN ON A ROCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2005	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: Laceration
Product: Fishing, Knives
PT WAS OUT FISHING PICKED UP A TACKLE BOX AND A KNIFE FELL PUT STRIKING HIM IN THE RIHT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 10 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: Fishing
FELL ON CONCRETE WHILE FISHING DX- ABRASION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN PATIENT'S LOWER LEG; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
CAUGHT SELF WITH FISH HOOK DX. FB TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fishing
PATIENT GOT BIT BY SPIDER WHILE FISHING. DX: INSECT BITE TO LT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2005	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: Other
Product: Fishing
PT STANDING IN THE GULF WATER FISHING SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER L EG ON MARINE CORL GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2005	Age: 9 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: Fishing
PT OUT FISHING GOT THE HOOK EMBEDDED IN RIGHT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LE G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
LOWER LEG FB-FISHHOOK CAUGHT IN LEG-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2005	Age: 49 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: Fishing
49YOF ICE FISHING ON THE LAKE FELL INJ TO LOWER LEG DX FRACTURE DISTAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PT OUT FISHING GOT THE HOOK EMBEDDED IN RIGHT LOWER LEG PUNCTURE WOUND LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
FISHHOOK PUNCTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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