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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 483
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/04/2007 | 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 WAS PLAYING AT SCHOOL & FELL IN THE MULCH & A PC WENT INTO EYE DX: SMALL LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fertilizers |
| 14 YOM PLAYING ON PLAYGROUND FELL BACK ONTO MULCH LANDING ON LEFT FOREA RM SUSTAINING A FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fertilizers, Other playground equipment |
| PT FELL OFF *** APPROX 6FT ONTO MULCH AT SCHOOL, SWELLING TO DISTAL FOR EARM, BRUISING TO FOREARM/THUMB; RADIUS/ULNA FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2007 | 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, Poles |
| PT WITH FACIAL LAC, TRIPPED ON MULCH AND HIT A METAL POLE AT SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Fertilizers |
| PT REPORTS HE WAS PLAYING ON PLAYGROUND W/MULT PRESENT AN STEPPED ON SO METHING. DX.L PW FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | 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 SPRAINED FOOT: AT BIRTHDAY PARTY, JUMPED OVER MULCH WHILE PLAYING "FREEZE TAG" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2007 | Age: 10 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 |
| PATIENT HAD MULCH IN EYE AT SCHOOL, BURNING AND REDNESS; CORNEAL ABRASI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fertilizers |
| PATIENT PLAYING OUTSIDE WHEN FELL ON MULCH, NOW WITH MULCH SPLINTER IN SIDE CHEST; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fertilizers |
| PT RUNNING OUTSIDE, PIECE OF MULCH GOT INTO FOOT, DX; FB WITH REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fertilizers |
| PT FELL IN THE MULCH AT PLAYGROUND AT SCHOOL, HAS LACERATION TO INSIDE LOWER LIP & ABRASION TO JAW/CHIN; LACERATION, LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/26/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Fertilizers |
| PT DEVELOPED ACUTE SOB, ASTHMA, AFTER EXPOSED TO GRASS FERTILIZER, STAR TED TO WHEEZE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fertilizers |
| PATIENT PUSHED AT SCHOOL, FELL CHEST FIRST INTO MULCH, HAS CHEST PAIN; CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2007 | Age: 9 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 |
| 9 YOM GOT SOMETHING, POSSIBLY MULCH, IN HIS RIGHT EYE SUSTAINING A CORN EAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2007 | Age: 7 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 FELL IN MULCH AT SCHOOL AND NOW STATES THAT HE SEE'S BLURRY IN RIGHT EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fertilizers |
| OUTSIDE PLAYING FELL INTO MULCH, C/O L EYE SWELLING, NOSE BLEED, PUNCTURE TO CHEEK, DX; NASAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fertilizers |
| 8 YOF GOT MULCH INTO LEFT EYE SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fertilizers |
| EXPOSED TO MULCH IN FLOWER BED YESTERDAY,FACIAL SWELLING ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fertilizers |
| 9 YOF FELL BACKWARDS ONTO A PILE OF WOOD CHIPS, DID HAVE RED MARK TO BA CK OF HEAD, LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN BY PHYSICIAN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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