Accidents - Welding equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,682
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	4,456	Ear:	106
Head:	76	Lower Arm:	36
Finger:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2002	Age: 17 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
WAS WELDING TODAY AND GOT WELDING BURNS OT BOTH EYES. WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
25 Y/O M C/O HIS EYES BURNING. PT WAS WELDING AND NOW HIS EYES ARE BURN ING DX. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
F.B. R CORNEA - F.B. IN EYE WHEN WELDING, WEARING SAFETY GLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT HURT FINGER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL EQUIPMENT WAS SPINNING AND HIT MID DLE FINGER DURING WELDING CLASS. D: CONTUSION RIGHT HAND 3RD DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
24YOM FB TO EYE WELDING AT HOME DX/FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS.PT WAS WELDING AT HOME AND INJURED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS-FLASH BURNS WHILE WELDING-AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. HAD WELDING BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
STANDING CLOSE TO SOMEONE WELDING DX. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 25 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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURN TO EYES WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2002	Age: 23 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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
23 YOM FLASH BURNS TO EYES FROM WELDING-DX BILATERAL FLASH BURNS 1ST DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN AFTER BEING EXSPOSED TO WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 23 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
PT AT A FRIENDS HOUSE WELDING WITHOUT OCULAR EQUIPMENT SUSTAINED RADIAT ION BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDER'S BURNS BOTH EYES; HAD HELMET PART OF THE TIME WAS WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2002	Age: 20 years	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 SOMEON WELD WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION.DX-BURING EYES, UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PT PRESENTED TO ED WITH WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES. WELDING AND WASWEA RING GOGGLES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2002	Age: 19 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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN - EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FB LT EYE W/ PAIN. WAS WELDING/ GRINDING METAL 1 DAY AGO. DX; METALLIC FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Welding equipment
18YOM WAS HIT IN HEAD W/WELDING HELMET BY ANOTHER STUDENTDX: LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
25YOM WELIDNG INJ TO EYES AT HOME DX/WELDERS FLASH ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
25YOM WELDING AT HOME INJ TOEYE DX/FB EYE RIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2002	Age: 19 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: Other
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING THIS MORNING LOOKED AT ARCH FEELS LIKE SAND IN EYES DX: LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/24/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS IN ART CLASS WELDING & SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE HE WAS WEARING GOGGLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2002	Age: 21 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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURNS - EYE BURNS AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2002	Age: 16 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
SUBJECTED TO WELDING FLASH DX. FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
17YOM WELDING AT HOME INJ TO EYES DX/WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2002	Age: 20 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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING HAVING EYE BURNING...ULTRAVIOLET KERNTIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 23 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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. IN ROOM WHERE WELDING WAS GOING ON. SHE WAS NOT WELDING, AND DID NO T WEAR EYE PROTECTION. DX.ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS HIT IN ARM W/WELDING ROD. DX: CONT R ARM, ULNAR NEURITIS POSS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2002	Age: 25 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
PT WELDING AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE OCULAR DEVICES SUSTAINED RADIATIO N BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING BURN TO EYES WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING ON A BOAT WHEN HE OBTAINED FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES. WELDERS FLASH $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
20 Y.O. W MALE W/WELDER'S BURNS TO EYES. PT WAS ASSISTING SOMEONE WELDI NG & WAS NOT WEARING GOGGLES. E914
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING YESTERDAY, EYES PAINFUL/ BIL EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING AND SUSTAINED UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2002	Age: 17 years	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
WELDING BURNS TO EYE WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 22 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
PT WAS WELDING W/O SHIELD AT HOME. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
22YOWM-RADIATION BURN TO EYE WHILE WELDING-WAS WEARING SAFTEY GLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2002	Age: 24 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: Welding equipment, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS WELDING AND USED GRINDING MACHINE TODAY. DX: R CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WITH EAR PAIN SINCE SPLATTER FROM WELDING WENT INTO EAR 1 WEEK AGO. ALSO HAS HEADACHE, FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS. D: VIRAL SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYE PAIN AFTER WATCHING SOMEONE WELD TODAY, NOT WEARING HOOD/ ULTRAVIOLET KERATOSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2002	Age: 24 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: Welding equipment
24 YOMC HELPING FRIEND WELD WITHOUT A MASK/IRITIS 2NDARY TO WELDING, CO RNEAL IRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2002	Age: 23 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, Eye protection devices
ACUTE UV KERATITIS TO EYES AFTER WELDING AT HOME ALL DAY. WAS WEARING S AFETY GOGGLES.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 19 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, Eyeglasses
BILATERAL WELDER'S BURN-WELDING-WAS WEARING GLASSES & HELMET AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
AFTER WELDING, EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BOTH EYES. DX: UV KERATITIS, BOTH EY ES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
PT INJURED EYE WHILE WELDING DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
OBTAINED FLASH BURN TO EYES WHILE WELDING FOR 15 MINUTES. WELDERS FLASH $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2002	Age: 23 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
FLASH BURN EYE - HURT EYES WHILE WELDING @ HOME YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
STATES WAS WELDING TODAY, C/O EYES BURNING. WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 21 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
FLASHBURN EYES - PATIENT WELDING AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE GOGGLES PRE SENTS WITH RED, BURNING EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2002	Age: 17 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
BILATERAL ULTRA VIOLET KERATITIS-FROM WELDING ON HIS CAR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS-WHILE WELDING IN SCHOOL W/O A HOOD FOR1 0-15 MINUTES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 19 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
19 Y.O. W MALE W/BURNS TO EYES. PT INJ WHILE WELDING SOMETHING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 20 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING FLASHBURN BILATERAL EYES - EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING TODAY PAIN/BURNING BOTH EYES. UV LIGHT BURN. DX: WELDING BURN CORNEA BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WORKING IN WELDING CLASS, NO SAFETY GLASSES ON, PAIN AND BURNING IN RIG HT EYE. RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 17 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
PAIN /BURNING BOTH EYES AFTER WELDING/UTRAVIOLET KERATITIS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED FOREARM WHEN WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Tools
LT CORNEAL METALLIC FBS-WAS WELDING & GRINDING ON HIS CAR @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
23 Y M WITH SOMETHING IN EYE (CEMENT OR FLASH BURN( FROM WELDING IN HI S HOME SHOP. DX: LEFT EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2002	Age: 24 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
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2002	Age: 21 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
PT INJURED EYES WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 25 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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PATIENT, WEARING GOGGLES, WAS WELDING DOOR WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING GO INTO EYE. D:CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 20 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
ACUTE FLASHBURNS TO EYES - WELDING WITHOUT A HELMET @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 19 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - FLASHBURN FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED EYES IN WELDING CLASS. BILAT EYE REDNESS . + WERING EYE GEAR. DX : WELDERS KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2002	Age: 23 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: Welding equipment
PT. WAS WELDING AND LIFTED SHIELD. DX. CONJUNCTIVITIS R/L EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
23 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WHEN HE WAS WELDING WITH OUT EYE SHEILDS ON AND CAUSED SOLAR KERATITIS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 24 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
24 YOM WAS WELDING AT HOME; BILATERAL CORNEAL FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 23 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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
23-YOM SUSTAINED A WELDER'S BURN TO HIS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PT WELDING, STATES WAS USING APPROPRIATE SHIELD MOST OF THE TIME, ACUTE ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 17 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: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AND SOMETHING WENT INTO EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING TODAY W/O WELDING SHIELD, C/O EYE PAIN AND BURNING. DX. ULTRAV IOLET KERATITIS R/L EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FB LT EYE WHILE WELDING DX: FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
IRRITATION OF RIGHT EYE SINCE WELDING IN SCHOOL YESTERDAY. DX WELDING INDUCED CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
AT HOME WELDING, FELT PIECE OF HOT METAL DOWN L EAR. DX. SMALL BURN TO L EAR CANAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING ON HIS OWN CAR AT 1100 YESTERDAY, BOTH EYES ARE BURNING. DX WELDER'S BURN BOTH EYES WITH CORNEAL ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BOTH EYES BURNING AND REDDENED STATES WELDS AT SCHOOL BUT USES SHIELD D X: WELDERS KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2002	Age: 24 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 WAS WELDING LAST NIGHT WITHOUT SHIELD, WOKE UP WITH EYES BURNIN G. DX: WELDING BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYES BURNED WHILE WELDING W/OUT SHIELD DX: CORNEAL BURN OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 22 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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING CAUSING ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 17 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
WELDING BURNS TO EYES SINCE LAST PM. DX. WELDING BURN TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN BIL EYES-WAS WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE GLASSES THIS AM NOW HAS PAIN AND VISION PROBLEMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
17 Y.O. B MALE W/WELDER'S BURNS TO EYES. PT STS HE WAS WELDING @ SCHOOL . E8981
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 24 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
PT DOING WELDING AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR SUSTAINED RADIATIO N BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 22 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: Welding equipment
PT SUST CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 19 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
19 YOM BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING AT HOME. DX: WELDING BURNS BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING YESTERDAY W/NO EYE PROTECTION & NOW EYES ARE BURNING DX: FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
16 Y/O M INJURED BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING AT SCHOOL. DX; FLASH BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. WAS WELDING - N/S WHERE - HAS BURNS TO EYES WELDING BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 21 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
BIL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS-SINCE WELDING @ HOME-W/O EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2002	Age: 18 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
UV KERATITIS - WELDING UNDER CAR AT HOME WITHOUT WELDING SHEILD- HAS NOW DEVELOPED PAIN IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 18 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
18 Y M WELDING IN DAD'S SHOP MOST OF DAY ONLY WEARING SUNGLASSES N OT PROTECTIVE GEAR> DX: FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
RETINAL BURNS WHEN LOOKING AT WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING TODAY. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING WITH FRIEND. HAS PAIN IN BOTH EYES. DID NOT USE GLASSES. DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 17 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: Welding equipment
WELDING A WEEK AGO,EYE PAIN SINCE/CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE; FB IN RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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