Accidents - Fertilizers - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,105
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	519
6-15 years old:	365
16-25 years old:	59
26-50 years old:	696
50+ years old:	464

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	506	Eyeball:	303
Lower Trunk:	268	Upper Trunk:	188
Ankle:	131	Internal:	92
Lower Arm:	86	Head:	86
Foot:	84	Shoulder:	79
Hand:	77	Finger:	71
Wrist:	30	Knee:	26
Elbow:	15	Face:	15
Unkown:	15	Upper Leg:	11
Lower Leg:	6	Ear:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers, Manicuring devices
PATIENT HAS FB IN KNEE AFTER FALLING ON MULCH 2 DAYS AGO, MOM PULLED OU T PART WITH TWEEZERS; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAS KNEE PAIN AFTER PLAYING IN MULCH, POSSIBLE SPLINTER UNDER S KIN; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/16/2006	Age: 4 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
PT WAS RUNNING IN PLAYGROUND AND FELL ONTO MULCH AT SCHOOL DX; SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
TWISTED KNEE WHILE CARRYING MULCH RT KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2006	Age: 4 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
GOT MULCH IN EYE. DX PROBABLE CORNEAL ABRASION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers, Plants, trees and shrubs
ANKLE FX-SLIPPED IN MULCH WHILE WATERING PLANTS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	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: Fertilizers
ATE FERTILIZER AT GRANDMOTHER S HOME ? AMT FOUND WITH FERTILIZER IN HAN DS DX FERTILIZER INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PLAYING WITH CHILDREN IN MULCH, HURT ANKLE DX ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2006	Age: 15 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: Other
Product: Fertilizers
LAYING MULCH OUTSIDE, TEMP 90-95DEGREE, SUDDEN DIZZINESS C N&V " HEAT ILLNESS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
RIGHT WRIST STR. PT STRAINED WRIST WHEN SPREADING MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2006	Age: 100 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
S/P FALL. 100 YEAR OLD PT FELL INTO MULCH IN YARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
DERMATITIS HANDS - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH BILATERAL HAND ITCHINE AND SWE LLING INVOLVING BOTH WRISTS AFTER USING CEDAR CHIP MULCH IN HIS GARDEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	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 WORKING IN GARDEN MULCHING AND EVELOPED BACK PAIN DX: ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2006	Age: 4 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 WALKING AT AUNT'S HOUSE IN MULCH, COULDN'T REMOVED SPLINTERS FR OM FOOT, MULTIPLE SPLINTERS REMOVED FROM HEEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
6YOM FELL ON PLAYGROUND INTO WOODCHIPS FX R DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 13 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, Swimming pool chemicals
EXPOSED TO FERTILIZER & CHLORINE / NO COMPLAINTS DX: TOXIC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 13 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, Swimming pool chemicals
IN HOUSE THAT HAD FERTILIZER, CHLORINE & MURIATIC ACID / NO COMPLAINTS DX: TOXIC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 13 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, Swimming pool chemicals
EXPOSED TO FERTILIZER & CHLORINE IN HOUSE / NO COMPLAINTS DX: TOXIC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fertilizers, Swimming pool chemicals
BABY IN HOUSE THAT HAD FERTILIZER, CHLORINE & MURIATIC ACID NO SYMTOMS DX: TOXIC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fertilizers, Swimming pool chemicals
UPSTAIRS IN HOUSE THAT HAD CHLORINE, FERTILIZER & MURIATIC ACID NO SYMPTOMS DX: TOXIC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fertilizers, Swimming pool chemicals
EXPOSED TO FERTILIZER, * & * ACID / NO COMPLAINTSDX: TOXIC EXPOSURE DX: TOXIC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 37 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, Swimming pool chemicals
EXPOSEDTO MIX OF FERTILIZER & CHLORINE / NO COMPLAINTS DX: TOXIC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2006	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Fertilizers
PT SWOLLOWED A PICE OF MULCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
ACUTE L FOOT SPR/40YOF CARRYING MULCH IN YARD AND TURNED FOOT INJURING ANKLE.HAPPENED 2 DAYS AGO AT HER MOMS HOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Fertilizers
PT HAD CHOKING EPISODE AFTER EATING MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAD MULCH THROWN IN EYES 5 DYS AGO, NOW EYES RED AND SWOLLEN; C ONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 58 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
PATIENT WAS LIFTING MULCH AND HURT BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2006	Age: 49 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 LIFTED A BAG OF MULCH AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT WAS MULCHING AND TRIPPED AND FELL HURT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT RUNNING ON PLAYGROUND AT *** NURSERY SCHOOL, FELL IN MULCH, LEG PAIN; FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/20/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
FELL WHILE LOADING FERTILIZER AT STORE DX: KNEE CONTUSION, WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers, Footwear
PATIENT HAD MULCH AND GLASS IN SHOE AT RECESS AT SCHOOL YESTERDAY; HEEL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL INTO MULCH AT PLAYGROUND, PIECE OF WOOD STUCK IN HAND; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
L POST THORACIC PAIN: LIFTED 50# BAG OF MULCH AT HOME, AFTER 3RD BAG, DEVELOPED STABBING PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
LUMBAR STRAIN - 43 YOM C/O LOWER BACK PAIN SINCE WALKING THROUGH STORE AND HAVING LIFTED BAGS OF MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
RUNNING, TRIPPED OVER MULCH&FELL ONTO ELBOW ' FX"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/30/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
TRIPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND/ ON MULCH AND FELL HITTING FACE " CONTS'+" CVA"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/18/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
39 YOF FOREIGN BODY FINGER FROM MULCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2006	Age: 60 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers, Contact lenses
PT WITH EYES BURNING AFTER POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO FERTILIZER. INSERTED CO NTACT LENSES INTO EYES AFTER USING PLANT STICKS. D:CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	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 STUCK PIECE OF MULCH IN EAR AT DAYCARE, MOM REMOVED 1 PIECE; FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PT WAS MULCHING AND GOT A PC OF MULCH INTO EYES AT HOME CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT PLAYING AT SCHOOL, JUMPED OFF SOMETHING AND FELL ON MULCH INJUR ING LEG; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/29/2006	Age: 58 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 FERTILIZING YARD THROWING IT AROUND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL AND LANDED ON MULCH ON LEG AT SCHOOL 2 DAYS AGO; THIGH CON TUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
WHILE PUTTING MULCH OUT AROUND BUSHES ON SUNDAY, FELT BACK, RIB PAIN. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN, DORSAL, LUMBAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	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
PT PLAYING AT SCHOOL AND GOT MULCH FROM THE PLAYGROUND IN RIGHT EYE ABR ASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PT WAS SPREADING MULCH AT HOME STRAINED CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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