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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,339
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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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