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Accidents - Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use - Year 2009

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,045
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:317Upper Trunk:215
Face:157Ear:75
Shoulder:70Eyeball:69
Lower Trunk:62Foot:62
Lower Arm:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/13/2009Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use, Plastic bags
81YOM BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PLASTIC BAG OF COW MANURE AND FELL FORWARD STRUCK FACE CONTUSION FACE ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/06/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use, Bags
52YOF WORKING IN YARD AT HOME AND LIFTED A 50 POUND BAG OF FERTILIZER A ND STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2009Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE-C/O HEADACHE, DRY, TINGLING MOUTH AND SCRATCHY THROAT AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO QUICK LIME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: IndustrialFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE-C/O SOB AND SORE THROAT AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO QUICK LIME AT CONSTRUCTION SITE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2009Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE-C/O SORE DRY THROAT AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO ***. .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2009Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
PT WAS POURING A BAG OF FERTILIZER IN HER GARDEN AND FELL FORWARD TO TH E MULCH SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
PT PLAYING IN THE YARD AT HOME AND PLACED SOME MULCH IN RIGHT EAR FB EA R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use, Bags
LIFTING HEAVY BAG OF FERTILIZER, HURT BACK. DX SCIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2009Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
29YOM YESTERDAY NEIGHBORS LAWN WAS SPRAYED WALKED ON CHEMICALSIN BARE F EET DEVELOPED HIVES;HIVES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2009Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
PT.STATES WHILE WORKING IN GARDEN AT HOME WIND BLEW FERTILIZER IN RT. EYE. DX; F.B. RT.EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2009Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
AT BARBEQUE NEXT TO APPLE ORCHARD THAT HAD BEEN SPRAYED W CHEMICALS WHE N DEV ALLERGIC ITCHING TO UPPER BODY & NECK DX ALLERGIC DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
NONTOXIC INGEST:PICKED UP HANDFUL *** BLOOM BOOSTER,PUT SOMEIN MOUTH,SP IT IT OUT,AROUND MOUTH/TONGUE,POISON CONTROL STATES NONTOXIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2009Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
FERTILIZING ROSES,BENDING OVER,INCREASE BACK PAIN, LOSS OF BALANCE DX: WEAKNESS, ABN EKG, UTI, BACK PAIN, HYPOGLYCEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
SPREADING LIME AND PULLED BACK. DX BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2009Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
PT WAS SPREADING FERTILIZER ON HIS YARD AND DEVELOPED A RASH TO LOWER A RMS CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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