Artificial Turf

9YOM PATIENT WAS PLAYING AT RECESS AND A CLASSMATE PICKED HIM UP AND THREW HIM TO THE GROUND. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON FAKE GRASS. HE HAS PAIN TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. DX: HEAD INJURY

20YOM PRESENTS TO THE ED WITH CONCERN FOR ALLERGIC REACTION. OCCURRED ABOUT 2-3 HOURS AGO AFTER PLAYING *** ON *** WHEN PT NOTICED ITCHY RAD RASH ON HIS ARMS AND STARTED FEELING LIKE HIS THROAT WAS SWELLING DX: ALLERGIC REACTION

30YOM PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH HIS KIDS ON ARTIFICIAL TURF AND HE WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND, HE STOOD UP AND TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND HIS FOOT STAYED PLANTED AND HE FELT A POP. DX: KNEE PAIN, LEFT KNEE INJURY

12 YOM WAS ON THE PLAYGROUND AND WAS PUSHED BACKWARD STRIKING HIS HEAD ON GRASS TURF. DX: ACUTE, HEAD INJURY, CONCUSSION

10YOF, AT SCHOOL ANOTHER CHILD COLLIDED WITH HER WHILE RUNNING CAUSING HER TO FALL AND STRIKING HEAD ONTO ARTIFICIAL TURF NO LOSS OF CONSCIENCE COMPLAINING OF DIZZINESS DX: HEAD INJURY

81YOF, ON *** TRIPPED OVER A TURF OF SPORTS FIELD AND FELL LANDING ONTO CONCRETE HITTING KNEE DX: LACERATION OF LEFT KNEE; CONTUSION OF LEFT KNEE

80YOF PRESENTS AFTER SHE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ARTIFICIAL GRASS ONTO CONCRETE SEWER. DX: PATELLA FRACTURE, TRAUMATIC HEMATOMA OF FOREHEAD, FALL

55YOM WALKING ON UNEVEN SURFACE BETWEEN TURF AND A HARD SURFACE AND STEPPED ON THE EDGE AND FELT A POP IN HIS HAMSTRING DX: LT HAMSTRING PAIN

11YOM PRESENTS WITH A FOREARM INJURY AFTER A FALL ON TURF SAME DAY. DX: FRACTURE OF DISTAL RADIUS

13YOF PRESENTS WITH WRIST PAIN AFTER A SLIP AND FALL WHILE RUNNING ON TURF. DX: LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN

5YOM WAS PLAYING ON THE TURF WHEN A 7YO KID KICKED HIM IN HIS FOREHEAD, CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS AND HIT HIS POSTERIOR HEAD ON THE TURF. INTENT NOT STATED. DX: CONCUSSION

3YOF STUCK SEVERAL PIECES OF PLAYGROUND TERF INTO HER L EAR DX: FOREIGN BODY OF LEFT EAR

We had Progreen arifical turf R69F dog turf installed in our yard in April 2100. Prior to installing the turf we asked numerous questions including if the turf got hot. We were told it gets warm, slightly warmer than natural grass. But never hot enough to cause a problem or prevent usage. A few weeks later when the temperature started to warm up so did the turf. Not hot but very warm. I placed a call to the company and was told to give it a little drink of water and it would cool off. I questioned if it was going to get so hot we couldn' t use it and was assured it would not. Memorial weekend the temps hit the 80's and the turf was to hot to walk on for us or our dog. It does cool for a brief peroid after watering but then heats back up. As the temperature continues to climb so does the turfs temperature. This is truly a safety issue for pets and people. There was no warning in the literature nor were we told it is not safe for sunny areas. Now several thousand dollars later I am worried if my dog or relatives will sustain a burn from this.

About 6 months ago we purchased and had installed a 20 x 13' piece of "Tiger Turf'artificial grass in a children's play area of our back yard. At first it looked great. Then we noticed some of the blades were curling and hardening. They were melting! We look the temperature of the grass surface at about 11:00 am on a sunny day in the low 70's, and it was 165 degrees! Somehow,the artificialgrass concentrates and holds the sun's heat at it's surface. People, particularly small children,could easily be burned by the shockingly hot "grass". Potential users should be warned that artificial grass should NOT be used in sunny areas where people might walk barefooted, or lay down. It looks so inviting,a perfect green lawn,but it is BURNING HOT!