Accidents - Fertilizers - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,259
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	85
6-15 years old:	221
16-25 years old:	76
26-50 years old:	617
50+ years old:	259

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	270	Lower Trunk:	212
Lower Leg:	160	Upper Trunk:	127
All Of Body:	83	Ankle:	76
Upper Leg:	76	Unkown:	68
Wrist:	38	Foot:	32
Shoulder:	31	Knee:	31
Head:	21	Toe:	11
Ear:	6	Lower Arm:	5
Finger:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/08/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
49 YOF HAS RIGHT KNEE PAIN FOR 6 MONTHS AFTER SPREADING MULCH IN YARD C AUSING SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT WITH EYE IRRITATION AFTER KIDS THROWING MULCH AT RECESS AT SCHO OL; EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT ATTACKED BY 2 FAMILY PIT BULL DOGS IN FLOWER BED IN YARD, HAS M ULCH IN ALL CUT AREAS; EAR PARTIALLY AVULSED, SEVERE FACIAL LACS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/13/2005	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
MULCH IN EYE @ SCHOOL DX FOREIGN BODY R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
CORNEAL ABRASION - 6 YOF JUMPED IN MULCH AT SCHOOL AND SOME OF THE DUST PARTICLES GOT INTO HER RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL INTO A PIECE OF WOOD AND ALSO FELL IN MULCH YESTERDAY AT C HURCH WHILE PLAYING WITH SISTER; CHEST/SIDE ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
5YOM SENSATION OF FOREIGN BODY IN EYE SINCE YEST PIECE OF MULCH WENT I N EYE AT SCHOOL,PAIN/BURNING,NO FB VISUALIZED;R-EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT. GOT DUST FROM FERTILIZER IN R. EYE. DX. R,EYE FB, #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
HEAD CT-FELL FOUR FEET INTO WOOD CHIPS ON PLAYGROUND-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT GOT MULCH STUCK UNDER GREAT TOENAIL AT FRIEND'S YESTERDAY; FB/S PLINTER GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
PT AT HOME GETTING OUT OF VAN (WHEEL CHAIR RAMP) HIT FOOT ON BAG OF MUL CH DX L TIB FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
BEE STING - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEE STING - STUN G WHEN OUT SHOVELING MULCH - LIP AND TONGE SWELLING WITH SOB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2005	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING MULCH AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
66 YOF WALKED THROUGH GRASS, WITH FERTILIZER CAUSING DERMATITIS TO BOTH LOWER LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PT WAS STANDING AND FELL ONTO MULCH AT HOME TWISTING LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
#1 TWISTED L A NKLE/FOOT WHILE MULCHING ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
KERATITIS-GOT MULCH IN EYE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
22M/M GOT A SPLINTER IN HIS BIG TOE WALKING IN MULCH AT HOME TODAY,SPLI NTER LODGED IN NAILBED; RIGHT GREAT TOE FOREIGN BODY (SPLINTER) REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PT WAS PICKING UP MULCH FROM GROUND AND TWISTED UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2005	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
2. 88 YOM WAS WORKING IN YARD FELL IN MULCH & DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAS SPLINTERS FROM MULCH IN FOOT WHEN ON PLAYGROUND AT PARK 3 W EEKS AGO; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT. HAS BEEN PUTTING OUT MULCH AND PUSHING WHEELBARROW PAST SEVERAL DAY S. DX. CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
USING FERTILIZER ON YARD DX- ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/09/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PT WAS UNLOADING MULSH, WHEN LOST BALANCE&MULSH FELL ONTO KNEE SUSTAINE D" SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL ON MULCH ON PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL; 5TH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
RIGHT SHOULDER STR. PT WAS WORKING IN YARD AND STRAINED SHOULDER LIFTIN G BAGS OF MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
7Y/M FELL AND HIT HEAD ON MULCH AT SCHOOL TODAY, PT RECALLS INCIDENT W/ O LOC, NO CHANGE IN BEHAVIOUR/VOMITING; 0.5CM SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL 5 FT ON MULCH AT SCHOOL; FOREARM FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
6Y/F HAD MULCH IN EYE SINCE 2W AGO,PARENTS THOUGHT REDN/IRRITATED EYE F ROM ALLERGIES,PT ALSO HAS STREP THROAT; LEFT EYE PIECE OF MULCH REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
CONTUSION BACK - 8 YOF FELL BACK ONTO MULCH, C/O RIB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
BIL FOOT PAIN. PT WAS CARRYING MULCH AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN FEET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
RT CORNEAL AB-WHILE SPREADING MULCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fertilizers
PT WAS MULCHING AND WAS STRUCK IN LOWER LEG BY A LARGE STICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT WAS HELPING DAD, GOT MULCH INTO THE EYE SUSTAINED " RT FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2005	Age: 9 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT THREW WOOD MULCH AND STATES DUST WENT INTO EYE, DX FB SENSATION TO E YE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT PLAYING IN MULCH YEST DX SPLINTER IN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PT LIFTING BARK MULCH AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK C/O PAIN LUMBAR STRAI N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
FRACTURE SHOULDER - 8 YOM WAS TOSSED OFF A TWO FOOT HIGH PILE OF MULCH WHILE PLAYING AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fertilizers
ALLERGIC REACTION TO HERBICIDE-SPRAYING YARD-@ HOME-DEVELOPED SOB & SKI N ITCHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
RED STREAKS TO FEET TRAVELING UP ANKLES AT HOME, WAS RUNNING ON MULCH Y ESTERDAY, SPLINTERS IN BOTTOM OF FEET; EARLY CELLULITIS VS ALLERGIC RX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
49 YOF WAS DRAGGING BAGS OF MULCH CAUSING SCIATICA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PAIN TO R WRIST SINCE SATURDAY UNLOADING MULCH. DX. SPRAIN R WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PT. C/O R EYE PAIN, THINKS MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN MULCH IN EYE. DX. R CORNE AL ABRA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2005	Age: 29 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
PT WAS MULCHING AND STRAINED LOWER BACK. NOT WORK RELATED- UNEMPLOYED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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