Accidents - Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,545
See also: Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	263
Year 1998:	150
Year 1999:	151
Year 2001:	223
Year 2002:	83
Year 2003:	72
Year 2004:	126
Year 2005:	21
Year 2006:	14
Year 2007:	184
Year 2008:	188
Year 2009:	52
Year 2010:	11

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	1,038
6-15 years old:	102
16-25 years old:	149
26-50 years old:	66
50+ years old:	188

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	1,073	Eyeball:	252
Internal:	81	Elbow:	71
Head:	31	Face:	17
Finger:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/10/2010	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
11MOM PT INGESTED A FEW OUNCES OF "*** PLANT FOOD" NO SYMPTOMS.NOW HAVI NG BLUE-GREEN DIARRHEA. SEV EPISODES. DX INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2010	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
8 MOM CONSUMED A SMALL AMOUNT OF MIRACLE GRO. DX: INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants, Floors or flooring materials
DX FALL F CRIB/HEAD INJ/THRUS: S/P 4FT FALL F CRIB ONTO CARPETED FLOOR. UNK LOC, FOUND ON FLOOR ON BACK SCREAM, GRAB'G BACK ON HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
PT FOUND EATING POTTING SOIL W/FERTILIZER 2X, NOW W/TONGUE ULCERATIONS, URI SYMPTOMS, IS TONGUE BITER; FERTILER INGESTION, ULCERATIVE LESION
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
DX CONTACT CONJ: PT BIB MOM AFTER HE GOT **** W MOSS OUT IN EYE YTDY EVE. WA POISION CTRL CTR W REC IRRIGATE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2009	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants, Rugs or carpets
DX CHI: FOUND BY MOM SLEEP'G ON SIDE PAD'G OF CRIB. PRESUMED TO HAVE TIP'D CRIB OVER. CRIB STANDS 3.5FT HIGH. FELL ONTO CARPET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants, Tablet or capsule drugs
56 YOF USED MIRACLE GROW ON PLANTS AND DEVELOPED SKIN IRRITATION, THINK S CONTACT WITH THIS IS THE CAUSE, BUT ALSO JUST FINISHED ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
PT C/O WIFE SPRAYING PLANT FOOD IN FACE AND IS DIZZY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants, Bags
62 Y/O F INJURED LT ELBOW WHEN TRIPPED OVER BAG OF POTTING SOIL AND FELL IN FLOWER BED AT HOME. DX: LT ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
PT IS SEVERELY AUTISTIC AND DRANK SOME GREEN LIQUID *** HERB FERTILIZER POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2007	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: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
CHILD INGESTED PLANT FOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
MIRACLE GROW POWDER BLEW IN EYES. DX. MILD TOXIN EXPOSURE TO EYES. *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2007	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: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
INGESTED FERTILIZER.PT INGESTED A SMALL AMOUNT PLANT FERTILIZER.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/29/2007	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
PATIENT FOUND WITH PLANT FOOD IN HAND, HAD RUBBED IN EYES, POSSIBLY ING ESTED PLANT FOOD; POSSIBLE INGESTION, EYE IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
EYE CHEMICAL INSULT-GOT LIME IN EYES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2006	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
INGESTED MIRACLE GROW/PLANT FOOD INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2005	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
MOM FOUND PLANT FOOD FOR PESTICIDE/INSECTICIDE SUBSTANCE IN MOUTH, NO S YMPTOMS; POSSIBLE INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF PLANT FOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants, Bottles or jars
MOM FOUND PT WITH OPEN BOTTLE OF PLANT FOOD IN HAND WITH POSS INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
BAG OF *** BUSTED IN FACE & MOUTHDX: EPIGASTRIC PAIN AFTER SWALLOWING MIRACLE GROW ACCIDENTALLY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
PT WORKING WITH PEAT MOSS WITH CHEMICAL AT HOME AND SOME BLEW IN PT L EYE. DX FB INTO L EYE / CHEMICAL SOIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
20 YEAR OLD MALE HAD CUT ON LEFT THUMB AND GOT LYME ON IT INFECTION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
*** SOLUTION SPLASHED INTO EYE DX. CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
MOTHER USED WATER TO MIX CHILDS FORMULA THAT HAD PLANT FOOD MIXED IN TH E WATER CHILDE DRANK 2 OZ PLANT FOOD INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
2 YO M SWALLOW MAGIC GROW PLANT FOOD INGESTION-ACCIDENTAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2003	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
POSSIBLE INGESTION OF PLANT FERTILIZER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
PT INGESTED TOXIC SEED, FATHER STATES IT WAS A GESTROPA, INGESTION TOXI C SEED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
PT BROUGHT IN BY PARENTS, INGESTED PLANT SEEDS DX: INGESTED PLANT SEEDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2001	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2001	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2001	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2001	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: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2001	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: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2001	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants, Bottles or jars
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/1999	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/1999	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/1999	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/1998	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/1998	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/1998	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/1997	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/1997	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/1997	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/1997	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/1997	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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