Accidents - Fertilizers - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,059
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	144
6-15 years old:	262
16-25 years old:	69
26-50 years old:	442
50+ years old:	140

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	250	Face:	121
Lower Trunk:	119	Neck:	105
All Of Body:	77	Hand:	71
Ankle:	69	Elbow:	53
Ear:	32	Upper Trunk:	28
Foot:	25	Lower Arm:	23
Toe:	19	Knee:	17
Shoulder:	16	Mouth:	12
Internal:	6	Lower Leg:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/15/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PT. FELL IN MULCH, LANDED ON CHIN ON PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL. DX. LAC CHI N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2004	Age: 9 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: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING MOUTH ON MULCHED GROUND AT PARK; LIP L AC., GUM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
3 YOM MULCH STUCK IN EAR F'BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 4 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT BY FATHER WHILE HE WAS GARDENING, FATHER ACCIDENTALLY SPRAYED MULCHI N PT'S EYES WHILE PULLING PLANTS AT HOME; FB TO EYE RESOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
FELL ON MULCH AT DAYCARE; ABRASION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PT. DOING YARD WORK LAST IGHT AT HOME, MOVING MULCH AND WEEDING. DX. A CUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
CHEST WALL PAIN. PT INJURED CHEST CARRYING BAGS OF MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2004	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PLAYING IN MULCH TODAY AT HOME, GOT SPLINTER IN TOE; FOREIGN BODY TO TOES RESOLVED IN ED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
BEATEN UP AND DRAGGED THROUGH MULCH BY 1O OR 11 YO MALE NEIGHBOR YESTER DAY, HIT HIM IN PRIVATES; MULTIPLE ABRASIONS (MANY ON BACK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
2 YOF GOT MULCH IN LEFT EYE AT DAYCARE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
WALKING BAREFOOT IN MULCH YESTERDAY, HERE C/O FOREIGN BODY TO BIG TOE, REDNESS; FB TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
KIDS WERE THROWING DIRT OR MULCH AND SOME GOT IN HER EYE; CHEMICAL CONJ UNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
SUNDAY PUT OUT MULCH, NOW HAVING SEVERE PAIN IN ELBOW. DX. PAIN L ELBO W.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT SITTING ON MOM'S LAP AT PARK, FELL OFF ON MULCH ; LIP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2004	Age: 15 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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers, Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus
PATIENT FELL OFF MONKEY BARS WHEN TRYING TO DO A FLIP AT PARK, LANDED O N FACE ON MULCH FROM 6 FT HIGH; BACK CONTUSION, FACIAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
MOM PLAYNG ON PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL, HIT HER FACE ON MULCH. DX. SUPER FICIAL LAC TO R CHEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT STEPPED ON MULCH YESTERDAY AT HOME, HAS SPLINTER IN FOOT MOM CA NNOT GET OUT; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
4YOF RUNNING AT HOME FELL AND LANDED ON OUTSTRETCHED ARM IN MULCH. PAIN , LROM - DX PROXIMAL BOTH BONE FOREARM FRACTURE; RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT SWALLOWED SEVERAL PIECES OF MULCH AT DAYCARE, THROAT PAIN, BELL Y PAIN, RASPY VOICE; FB INGESTION, ESOPHAGEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
LBP AFTER LIFTING BAGS OF FERTILIZER DX: LBP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT WITH INSECT BITE ON FOREHEAD AND LEGS, ALSO HAD MIRACLE GROW PL ANT HORMONE SPILLED ON HER YESTERDAY; INSECT BITE LOCAL REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PATIENT HAD *** POURED ON HER FROM WATERING CAN AT HOME, HAS RASH ON FA CE; CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT WITH ITCHING RASH ON LEGS, HAS INSECT BITES, ALSO SPILLED *** P LANT HORMONE ON HERSELF YESTERDAY; INSECT BITES WITH LOCAL REA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PATIENT HAD *** POURED ON HIM FROM WATERING CAN AT HOME, HAS FACIAL RAS H; CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
LEFT LOWER BACK PAIN. PT INJURED BACK WHEN MULCHING GARDEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fertilizers
LEFT KNEE PW. PT BENT DOWN IN A MULCH BED AND INJURED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
LUMBAR STR. PT FELL BACKWARDS INTO MULCH BED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers, Swings or swing sets
PT FELL FROM A SWING LANDED ON BACK ONTO WOODCHIP MULCH SURFACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAD MULCH SPLINTER IN FOOT AT HOME 4 DAYS AGO, SWELLING AND RED NESS; REFERRED TO ULTRASOUND FOR REMOVAL, WOUND INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT POSSIBLY GOT MULCH IN EYE WHILE AT CAMP, EYE PAIN; CORNEAL ABRA SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN.PT WAS SPREADING MULCH AT HOME AND INJURED NECK AND SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fertilizers, Other unpowered garden tools
15 YOWM SHOVELING MULCH W/ A PITCHFORK WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY PUNCTURED H IMSELF IN THE PALM W/ THE PITCHFORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
PT HAS RASH ALL OVER BODY. C/O ITCHING. PATIENT WORKING WITH FERTILIZER S TODAY. DX: RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fertilizers
WOOD SPLINTER FROM STEPPING ON MULCH WHEN PLAYING OUTSIDE 2 DAYS AGO AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, PT PULLED OUT SPLINTER, NOW SWOLLEN; PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN, LOADING MULCH INTO TRUCK (4 BAGS) CAN'T TURN HEAD TO LEFT, (LAST WEEK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 25 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: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
SPRAIN RT ANKLE, SLIPPED ON WET MULCH AND TWISTED RT ANKLE AT LAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAD MULCH IN EYE AT SCHOOL, NOW SWOLLEN; CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
47 YOF SUFFERING FROM NECK A LOWER BACK STRAIN FROM PICKING UP A BAG OF MULCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT GOT MULCH IN EYE ON PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL; FB IRRIGATED FROM EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
ROTATOR CUFF STRAIN-SINCE CARRYING HEAVY MULCH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
13 MOM CRAWLING IN MULCH AT HOME GOT SPLINTERS IN HANDS AND TOPS OF FEE T - DX SPLINTERS REMOVED FROM HANDS AND FEET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
PT C/O RT EYE PAIN AND REDNESS AFTER HANDLING MASS FERTILIZER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
4 YOM WALKED IN MULCH AT HOME RECEIVED NUMEROUS SPLINTERS TO HANDS AND FEET - DX NUMEROUS SPLINTERS REMOVED FROM HANDS AND FEET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fertilizers
POSSIBLY INGESTED BEER OR FERTILIZER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT WITH BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING MULCH, STARTED TAKING ASPIRIN, PAI N IS WORSE WITH MOVEMENT; BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
MULCH BLEW INTO PATIENT'S EYE WHILE AT SCHOOL, EYE PAIN; CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
38YOWF-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE=POURING MULCH AT HOME-SOME BLEW IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT SLIPPED ON ROCKS HITTING ARM ON MULCH ON PLAYGROUND AT PARK LAS T NIGHT; POSSIBLE ELBOW FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
CORNEAL ABRASION - 59 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN, RUBBED OWN EYE, HAD BEEN OUTSIDE PUTTING OUT MULCH AND POSSIBLY GOT SOME IN HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT. GOT A PIECE OF MULCH IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT GOT MULCH IN EYE AT SCHOOL; UPPER EYELID FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT AT SCHOOL WHEN SHE PUT A SMALL PIECE OF MULCH IN RIGHT EAR FOREIGN B ODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL ON MULCH AT SCHOOL, NOW WITH CHEST PAIN; LEFT WITHOUT BEIN G SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/03/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
PT SPREADING MULCH AT HOME WHEN SHE DEVELOPED A RASH TO BOTH LOWER ARMS CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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