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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,102
See also: Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/21/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 2 Y MALE PULLED WELDING TANK ON TOP OF HIM DX: HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2010 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 3YOM WAS PLAYIGN WITH FAMILY, SCRAPED AGAINST SIDE A WELDING RANKE, PAI N, DX: ABRASIONS OF UPPER TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WITH 2 DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT HAND AND FINGERS AFTER TOUCHING HOT WELD ING TORCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WAS RUNNING IN GARAGE AND HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF WELDER, LACERATION ABOVE RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2007 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PATIENT WAS WATCHING SOMEONE WELDING AND SUSTAINED EYE PAIN. DX-EYE PAIN, KERATACONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| CHILD WITH EYE PAIN SINCE WATCHING UNCLE WELD ON WEDNESDAY. "WELDERS BU RNS". LPTMS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/07/2006 | Age: 0 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| AGE UNKNOWN, LAST WEEK PUNCTURED FINGER WITH WELDING ROD, BLEW AIR ON I T TODAY CAUSED FINGER T BLOW UP, PUS COMING OUT. DX; PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PATIENT HURT EYES WHILE WATCHING WELDING DONE AT HOMEDX: EXPOSURE TO WELDING ARC/RADIATION BURNS TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| SWOLLEN EYE,WALKED IN WHILE FATHER WELDING ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WAS @ DADS WORK PLACE WELDING PT TOUCHED THE FLAME "IT WAS PRETTY" PT WITH BURNS TO 3RD 4TH AND 5 DIGIT. DX BURN TO FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| GRABBED BALL HITCH ON TRAILER SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS WELDED/ 1ST DEGREE B URN LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2005 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| MOUTH FB-FATHER FOUND PIECE OF METAL WELDING MATERIAL IN PT'S MOUTH-@ H OME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2004 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| HANDS BURNED, (2ND DEGREE) GRABBED HOT WELDING TORCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| SMASHED FINGER IN WELDING EQUIPMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| MOM REPORTS PT EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE LAST NIGHT FROM DAD'S GAS-RUN WELDING MACHINE. DX. CO EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| R HAND BURN/4YOM AT GRANDPARENTS HOUSE BURNED HAND WHEN TOUCHED HOT MUF FLER THAT HAD JUST BEEN WELDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 5 Y.O. W MALE W/LEG CONTUSION. PT HAD A WELDING MACHINE FALL ON HIS LEG @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/1999 | Age: 3 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/1998 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/1998 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/15/1998 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/1997 | Age: 2 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: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/1997 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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