Accidents - Fertilizers - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,339
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	150
6-15 years old:	284
16-25 years old:	218
26-50 years old:	281
50+ years old:	404

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	302	Lower Trunk:	191
Foot:	150	Ear:	88
Wrist:	88	Mouth:	83
Lower Arm:	76	Upper Trunk:	67
Unkown:	67	Lower Leg:	38
All Of Body:	38	Knee:	35
Face:	27	Hand:	20
Toe:	16	Finger:	15
Head:	11	Shoulder:	5
Pubic Region:	5	Upper Leg:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
FOREHEAD LAC-ON PLAYGROUND-AT SCHOOL-FELL INTO ROCKS & WOODCHIPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
LT CORNEAL AB-? SMALL PIECE OF WOOD CHIP IN EYE-AT SCHOOL-ON PLAYGOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAD MULCH IN EYE AT SCHOOL; EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT RUNNING BAREFOOT THROUGH MULCH AT HOME WHEN HE GOT A MULCH SPLINTER EMBEDDED IN RIGHT GREAT TOE FOREIGN BODY TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT STATES HE GOT MULCH IN HIS EYE FROM THE PLAYGROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAS MULCH IN EAR AFTER PLAYING AT SCHOOL; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL IN MULCH AT SCHOOL; HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
RT EYE FB-GOT A WOOD CHIP IN EYE AT SCHOOL-ON PLAYGROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PT COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN LIFTING MULCH AND ROCKS, BACK PAIN MUSCULOSKE LETAL, DOING YARD WORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PT. WAS OUTSIDE MULCHING AND FELL BACKWARDS - PT. HAD A SEIZURE ATTACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	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, EYE PAIN; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
WALKING BAREFOOT NEAR MULCH AT HOME AND INJURED HIS LEFT HEEL DX LACERATION LEFT HEEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAD MULCH IN EAR; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2002	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
39 YO BM - FRACTURE MIDFOOT - LEFT - FELL OFF SACK OF FERTILIZER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT GOT SPLINTER IN FOOT WHEN WALKING ON MULCH AT HOME; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAD MULCH IN EYE AT SCHOOL; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
PT EXPOSED TO LAWN FERTILIZER, DERMATITIS BILATERAL LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
PT DEVELOPED A RASH SPREADING MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PT AT HOME LAST WEEK LIFTING HEAVY BAGS OF MULCH, STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers, Ramps or landings
PATIENT BEING CARRIED BY MOM AT CHURCH, MOM FELL DOWN RAMP AND PT. LAND ED ON MULCH; FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PT RUNNING THROUGH MULCH AT HOME, TRIPPED AND FELL. CONTUSION RT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Clothing accessories
PT COMPLAINT OF ALLERGIC REACTION WITH FERTILIZER AND GLOVED HANDS, URT ICARIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
HURT KNEE MOVING MULCHKNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL IN MULCH WHEN PLAYING AT RECESS AT SCHOOL, HYPERFLEXED WRI ST; WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PT.REPORTED POSSIBLE WOOD CHIPS IN RT.EYE C/O PAINDX- RT. EYE PAIN CORN EAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
HAS BEEN GARDENING WITH 10/10/10 FERTILIZER AND EPSOM SALT ON ROSE BUSHES AND CAUSED DERMATITIS TO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT WAS SPREADING MULCH, WAS HIT IN THE EYE BY A TREE BRANCH. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
LIFTED BAG OF FERTILIZER AND FELT PAIN IN WRIST TEARING MUSCLE IN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Fertilizers
WHILE WORKING IN YARD AT HOME PT GOT FERTILIZER IN R EYE DX CHEMCIAL IRRITATION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
SELLING BAGS OF MULCH FROM SCHOOL, INJURED FINGER ON BAG OF MULCH FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2002	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
SPREADING WOOD CHIPS IN YARD AND DOING OTHER YARD WORK. NOW HAS BACK PAIN. DIAGNOSIS WAS LOW BACK PAIN. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
PT STATES WAS LIFTING HEAVY WET BAGS OF MULCH HAD ONSET OF PAIN IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
HAND LACERATION - WAS AT COUSIN'S HOUSE AND FELL INTO SOME MULCH LACERA TING RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
INJURED BACK LIFTING 25 LB BAG OF MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT HAVING BURNING WITH URINATION, PT. STATED SHE FELL IN MULCH WHE RUNNING ON PLAYGROUND, OLD BURN ON ARM FROM CURLING IRON; LABIAL TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
USING FERTILIZER, LIP SWOLLEN ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
RT KNEE LAC-@ HOME-TRIPPED & FELL IN WOOD CHIPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers, Slides or sliding boards
PT FELL OFF SLIDING BOARD ONTO MUTCH COVERED GROUND,SCALP LACERATION/CO NTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL IN MULCH ON PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL; FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL INTO MULCH OR FIRE TRUCK AT SCHOOL; EYEBROW LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT SLIPPED ON MULCH AT SCHOOL, FELL ON SHOULDER; SHOULDER CONTUSIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD WAS RUNNING AT RECESS FELL & A PC OF MULCH WENT IN HIS EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL IN MULCH BED WHEN RUNNING AT SCHOOL; CLOSED HEAD INJURY, N ECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 4 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: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL IN MULCH ON PLAYGROUND AT PARK 2 DAYS AGO, KNEE PAIN; KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
RT CORNEAL AB-@ SCHOOL-ANOTHER STUDENT THREW WOOD CHIPS & HIT HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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