Accidents - Fertilizers - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,966
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	724
6-15 years old:	238
16-25 years old:	132
26-50 years old:	380
50+ years old:	490

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	506	Lower Trunk:	321
Eyeball:	295	Wrist:	102
Head:	99	Knee:	87
All Of Body:	87	Internal:	81
Lower Leg:	80	Finger:	80
Ankle:	66	Upper Trunk:	36
Ear:	36	Hand:	22
Foot:	19	Pubic Region:	15
Unkown:	14	Shoulder:	6
Toe:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PT WITH LAC TO HAND FROM SLIDING ON MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT PUT MULCH IN EAR; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
STUCK A PIECE OF MULCH IN NOSE AT DAYCARE. POSSIBLE NASAL FB BY HX#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Fertilizers
MOTHER STATES CHILD SWALLOWED A PIECE OF TREATED MULCH JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. DX: S/P INGESTED FOREIGN BODY-TREATED MULCH-NORMAL EXAM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Fertilizers
FELL ONTO MULCH. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
PNEUMOTHORAX-RIBS FXS-TRIPPED OVER A BAG OF MULCH-FELL ON SIDE-@ A STOR E
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON ASPHALT AND MULCH; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
BELIEVES EYE HAS MULCH IN IT. DX CONJUNTIVAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAD MULCH THROWN IN EYES YESTERDAY, EYE FLUSHED OUT, TODAY MORE RED AND SWOLLEN; EYE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 3 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 HAD MULCH IN EYE YESTERDAY, REDNESS, SWELLING; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PT WITH SPRAINED ANKLE PLAYING IN A MULCH PILE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT WITH MULCH IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 8 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
PT PLAYING AROUND AT DAY CARE AND GOT SOME MULCH IN RIGHT EYE CORNEAL A BRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Fertilizers
H/O ASTHMA, PT SWALLOWED PIECE OF MULCH OR RUBBER MULCH WHEN IT FELL IN TO MOUTH WHILE LAUGHING AT SCHOOL; SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAD MULCH IN EYES, EYES RED AND ITCHY SINCE; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTI VITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PT TRIPPED OVER MULCH OR TIRES AND FELL ON CONCRETE YEST, NOW W/ABRASIO NS TO HANDS, KNEE AND FOREHEAD; HAND ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
63Y/O,F,WEEDING IN MULCH, SPLINTER UNDER NAIL OF L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
C/O ANKLE PAIN&MILD SWELLING STATUS POST INVERSION INJUREY WHEN SLEEPED ONTO MULCH>>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT PLAYING AT HOME AND HAD PIECE OF MULCH OR DIRT FALL INTO EYE, NOW HA S PAIN WHEN BLINKING; FOREIGN BODY, EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
BRONCHOSPASM. PT WAS MOVING A BIG BAG OF MULCH AND BREATHED IN SOME OF THE ODOR AND DEVELOPED SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT WITH GREAT TOE LAC WHEN STEPPED ON MULCH; TOE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
LOW BACK PAINF ROM LAYING MULCH ALL DAY. DX BACK STRAIN#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Insect induced injuries
PT CAMPING, WALKING BAREFOOT X4 DAYS & POSS GOT PIECE OF MULCH IN FOOT OR POSS INSECT BITE, NOW W/BLISTERS & REDNESS; BLISTER W/INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers, Motor vehicles or parts
LOW BACK STR/27YOM STS AT HOME C/O BACK PAIN FROM PULLING MULCH OFF TRU CK ON WEDNESDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAS PIECE OF WOOD FROM MULCH BED IN HEEL OF FOOT; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 54 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
54Y/O,F,MULCH IN EYE, CONJUNCTIVAL FB REMOVED R LOWER EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PT SLIPPED ON MULCH, TWISTED ANKLE, SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers, Swimming
LAC VAG ON MULCH IN SWIMSUIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
COMPRESSION FX OF L5;BACK PAIN/81YOF STS HAS BEEN CARRYING A LOT OF MUL CH AND C/O COCCYX PAIN FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT FELL ON THE PLAYGROUND AND GOT A PIECE OF WOOD MULCH EMBEDDED IN RIG HT LOWER LEG FB LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fertilizers
RUNNING AND STRUCK HEAD ON MULCH BED. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
TRIPPED ON WET WOOD CHIPS (MULCH) AT SCHOOL. DX ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
MOVED MULCH DID SOME GARDENING SCIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fertilizers
PT WITH CHI, FELL OFF STACK OF MULCH AT A STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
57Y/O,F,FELL WHILE MULCHING, L WRIST/HAND SPRAIN, CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT HAS H/O HEART SURGERY, HAS CHEST PAIN, SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTE R LIFTING MULCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
CORNEAL ABRAS BOTH EYES/5YOM AT APPROX 4PM GOT MULCH DUST IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
SLIPPED ON MULCH. DX CLAVICLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT AT DAY CARE AND PUT A PIECE OF MULCH UP LEFT NOSTRIL FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2008	Age: 35 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 THROWING MULCH IN HIS YARD AND FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK STR AINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT STRUCK IN EYE WITH WOOD FROM MULCH IN YARD, SCRATCHY FEELING IN EYE; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, SMALL CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
22MO,F,RASH ON FACE, HANDS, BUTTOCKS, PLAYING IN MULCH, CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT WITH PIECE OF MULCH IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: PT PLAYING IN PLAYGROUND AND ANOTHER CHILD THREW A PIECE OF MULCH IN PT'S EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 3 months	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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
3 MTH OLD M ALLERGIC REACTION CHILD VOMITEDX1, SWELLING TO EARS, FEET, RED ALLOVER, DAD SPEAD FERTILIZER OUTSIDE WITH WINDOWS OPEN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers, Slides or sliding boards
PATIENT HAD PIECE OF MULCH PUNCTURE THROUGH SANDAL AND INTO FOOT WHILE SLIDING DOWN SLIDING BOARD AT RECESS, MOM PULLED OUT FB;FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL ON MULCH ON PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL; WRIST FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
26 YO F SPRAINED KNEE WAS SPREADING MULCH AND TWISTED KNEE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
49 YO LIFTING BAG OF FERTILIZER DEVELOPED BACK PAIN STRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
2 CM LACERATION FOREHEAD: MULCHING A YARD AND STRUCK HEAD ON THE HOUSE OVERHANG AT FRIEND'S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
47 YO MALE HAS BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING MULCH YESTERDAY BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PT PLAYING IN THE PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL AND SOME MULCH BLEW INTO RIGHT E YE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PT TRIPPED OVER MULCH IN PARKING LOT AND STRUCK FACE ON GROUND DX: LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
PT WITH CONTUSION TO CHEST WALL, FELL INTO MULCH AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
PT RUNNING AROUND IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL AND SLIPPED ON THE MULCH AND FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
PT AT SCHOOL TODAY PLAYING AROUND WHEN ANOTHER STUDENT KICKED MULCH A P IECE WENT INTO EAR FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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