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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 238
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 10/07/2008 | 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: 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: 08/15/2008 | 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: 08/12/2008 | 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: 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: 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: 06/05/2008 | 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: 06/02/2008 | 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: 05/23/2008 | 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: 05/13/2008 | 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: 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: 04/18/2008 | 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: 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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