Accidents - Fertilizers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,224
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	161
Year 2000:	136
Year 2002:	404
Year 2003:	248
Year 2004:	140
Year 2005:	259
Year 2006:	464
Year 2007:	447
Year 2008:	490
Year 2009:	344
Year 2010:	1,126

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	858	Eyeball:	606
Ankle:	421	Upper Trunk:	418
Shoulder:	252	Face:	236
Lower Arm:	170	Neck:	156
Foot:	146	All Of Body:	145
Wrist:	134	Head:	127
Upper Arm:	90	Knee:	82
Finger:	80	Upper Leg:	71
Hand:	71	Mouth:	68
Lower Leg:	54	Unkown:	30

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
56 YOM-FELL @ HOME ON A PILE OF MULCH-C/O BILATERAL ANKLE PAIN DX SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2010	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
85YOM, BEEN MOVING MULCH FOR 3D&NOW C/O LT SIDED SHOULDER PAIN >>SHOULDER PAIN/ R/O ACS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/16/2010	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Fertilizers
70YOWF TRIPPED ON PINESTRAW IN HER YARD, TWISTED R ANKLE. DISPLACED TRI MALLEOLAR FRACTURE DISLOCATION OF R ANKLE. ADMITTED FOR SURGERY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/15/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
52YOF, L-FOOT CONTUSION, SP WHILE GARDENING, PT WAS CARRYING MULCH SHE HIT HER FOOT #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2010	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
71YOM WORKING ON HIS DRIVEWAY WALKED BACKWARDS LOST BALANCE FELL ONTO MULCH INJURED SHOULDER;SHOULDER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
55YOWM PT FELL OFF TRAILER WHILE UNLOADING MULCH & LANDED ON R SHOULD ER. DX. SPRAIN R SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2010	Age: 52 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
CORN ABR. 52 YOM GOT GARDENING MULCH INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
59 YOF, TRIPPED OVER BAGS OF MULCH, FRACTURE ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2010	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
74YOM,3-5D AGO WAS PLACING MULCH IN THE YARD&GOT BITTNE BY AN INSECT TO THE SCALP>>CELLULITIS/INSECT BITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2010	Age: 55 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
55 YOM WIND BLEW FERTILIZER IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
68YOM,STRAIN TO UPPER TRUNK/BACK S/P LIFTING A BAG OF MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2010	Age: 53 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
53YOM CHEST WALL PAIN AFTER SREADING MULCH*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2010	Age: 58 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
58YOM LUMBAR STRAIN SPREADING MULCH YESTERDAY HX OF BACK PROBLEMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
ANKLE SPRAIN-52YOM-TWISTED ANKLE IN MULCH-FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
54 YO F UNLOADING MULCH FROM TRUCK, HURT LEG. DX THIGH PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2010	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
81YOM LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A BAG OF MULCH AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2010	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
^76 YOM FELL AT HOME BETWEEN TRAILER AND MULCH IN FLOWER BED. FRACTURE OF RIBS, MULTIPLE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2010	Age: 78 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, Plastic bags
78YOM LIFTED A HEAVY PLASTIC BAG OF FERTILIZER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2010	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
70 YOM-WAS DOWN ON KNEES SPREADINGMULCH & BY NIGHT HAD PAIN TO R ACHILL ES TENDON DX ARTHRITIS INFLAMMATORY R ANKLE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2010	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
69 YOF WAS PULLING ON BAGS OF MULCH; C/O UPPER BACK PAIN DX: THORACIC PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2010	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Fertilizers
69YOWF REPORTS SHE STEPPED INTO MULT IN PARKING LOT GETTING INTO HER CA R AND SLIPPED & FELL ON L SIDE. DX. SM LAC L TEMPLE, L SHOULDER DISLOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
L SHOULDER PAIN SLINGING FERTILIZER DX: SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
PT TRIPPED OVER A BAG OF MULCH & FELL IN DRIVEWAY DX;* LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
FEELS LIKE A FB IN L FOOT-MULCH OR A PC OF DIRT-OR TATTOS MAY BE INFECT ED-IS INFECTED DX CELLULITIS R ANKLE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
LUMBAR PAIN-AFTER HAULING MULCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fertilizers
FOOT FB-STEPPED ON MULCH WHILE BAREFOOT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fertilizers
89YOF WATERING PLANTS AT HER APARTMENT FELL BACKWARDS ONTO PILE OF MULCH,INJURED HEAD;CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fertilizers
58 YOF LACERATED HEAD ON REAR HATCH OF HER *** WHILE LOADING MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
TRIPPED OVER MULCH IN THE GARAGE&FELL LANDING ONTO SHOULDER NOW C/O >>UPPER ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2009	Age: 60 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 WITH LOWER BACK STRAIN FROM LIFTING MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
CONJUNCTIVITIS LEFT EYE-C/O PAIN AND BURNING TO LEFT EYE AFTER WORKING IN YARD WITH MULCH.
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: 08/13/2008	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: 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: 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: 06/03/2008	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: 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: 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: 12/19/2007	Age: 79 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: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
OUTSIDE DOING ?STH C FRERTILIZER, SLIPPED ON ICE, MANAGED TO GET UP&SLI PPED AGAIN >> HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/18/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
PT OUTSIDE IN THE GARDEN WORKING WITH FERTILIZER AND RUBBED RIGHT EYE A ND NOTICED THAT THE PUPIL WAS DILATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Fertilizers, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT PUTTING FERTILIZER ON PLANTS AT HOME AND GOT SOME IN LEFT EYE CHEMIC AL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
56 YOM SUSTAINED CERVICAL STRAIN AFTER CARRYING (2) 50LB BAGS OF MULCH YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
MUSC SPASM;PINCHED NERVE/59YOF W/DX OF ARTHRITIS CHANGES IN NECK START ED W/PAIN 1.5 WKS AGO.BEEN LIFTING FERTILIZER BAGS.PAIN DIDN'T GO AWAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PATIENT FELL FROM STANDING POSITION IN HER YARD AFTER SPREADING FERTILIZER. DX-RIGHT KNEE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
63 YOF STATES FOOT GOT STUCK ON CURB AT GROCERY STORE AND FELL FORWARD INTO MULCH PILE. PT HAS ABRASIONS TO FACE, NOSE, LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
CONJUNCTIVITIS: DOING YARD WORK ON FRIDAY, TRIPPED, MULCH FLEW INTO FACE AND EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Fertilizers
PT FELL WHILE PUTTING DOWN FERTILIZER. DX: CONCUSSION W/LOC, FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2007	Age: 56 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
SPREADING FERTILIZER IN YARD, BECAME SHORT OF BREATH DX EXERTIONAL ANGINA, LEFT AMA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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: 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: 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: 05/25/2006	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: 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: 04/16/2006	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: 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: 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: 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: 06/21/2005	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: 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: 04/04/2005	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: 07/19/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
LEFT LOWER BACK PAIN. PT INJURED BACK WHEN MULCHING GARDEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2004	Age: 87 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 STR. PT FELL BACKWARDS INTO MULCH BED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2004	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: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN, LOADING MULCH INTO TRUCK (4 BAGS) CAN'T TURN HEAD TO LEFT, (LAST WEEK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2004	Age: 59 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
CORNEAL ABRASION - 59 YOM C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN, RUBBED OWN EYE, HAD BEEN OUTSIDE PUTTING OUT MULCH AND POSSIBLY GOT SOME IN HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
PT SPREADING MULCH AT HOME WHEN SHE DEVELOPED A RASH TO BOTH LOWER ARMS CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fertilizers
R CORNEAL ABRAS/53YOM YESTERDAY WAS MULCHING AND GRASS OR MULCH GOT INT O EYE. THEN GRANDDAUGHTER POKED HIM IN THE EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 66 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 SPREADING MULCH IN HIS YARD LAST THURSDAY COMPLAINING OF LEFT HIP PA IN STRAINED HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2003	Age: 75 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, Bags
LUMBAR STRAIN-LIFTED 46# BAG OF FERTILIZER-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PT STATES HE SLIPPED ON WET MULCH IN HOSPITAL PARKING LOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
PT EXPOSED TO LAWN FERTILIZER, DERMATITIS BILATERAL LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
PT DEVELOPED A RASH SPREADING MULCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
PT AT HOME LAST WEEK LIFTING HEAVY BAGS OF MULCH, STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
HAS BEEN GARDENING WITH 10/10/10 FERTILIZER AND EPSOM SALT ON ROSE BUSHES AND CAUSED DERMATITIS TO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Fertilizers
WHILE WORKING IN YARD AT HOME PT GOT FERTILIZER IN R EYE DX CHEMCIAL IRRITATION R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers
SPREADING WOOD CHIPS IN YARD AND DOING OTHER YARD WORK. NOW HAS BACK PAIN. DIAGNOSIS WAS LOW BACK PAIN. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
PT STATES WAS LIFTING HEAVY WET BAGS OF MULCH HAD ONSET OF PAIN IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2000	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2000	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fertilizers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/1998	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/1998	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fertilizers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/1998	Age: 75 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: Fracture
Product: Fertilizers, Bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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