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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 262
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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: 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: 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: 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: 07/01/2004 | 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: 06/12/2004 | 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: 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: 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: 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: 04/01/2004 | 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: 03/20/2004 | 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: 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) |
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