Accidents - Welding equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2003 - Eyeball

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Date: 12/27/2003	Age: 18 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
WELDING YESTERDAY AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. DX FOREIGN BODY EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2003	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
23 Y.O. W MALE W/WELDER'S BURNS TO EYES. PT STS HE WAS WATCHING HIS FRI END WELD W/OUT ANY SAFETY GLASSES ON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2003	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
BURNING TO EYES AFTER WELDING DX: BILAT. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2003	Age: 17 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. WAS WELDING, NOW HAS UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED EYES WHILE USING A WELDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2003	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
BURNING IRRITATING EYES, WATCHING SOMEONE WELD DX: FLASH BURN OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2003	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, Eye protection devices
WELDING , WEARING MASK THAT HAD PORTION BROKE OFF, C/O SWOLLEN RED EYES DX: RADIATION BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2003	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
CORNEAL AB TO RT EYE AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
EYES BURNING AFTER WELDING DX BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2003	Age: 16 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
16 Y/O M INJURED BOTH EYES WHEN WELDING AT SCHOOL. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	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 W/ SHIELD LAST NIGHT. ACUTE WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2003	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
HAS WELDING SLUG IN EYES, UNABLE TO OPEN EYES DX; UV KERATITIS (WELDER'S BURN)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2003	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
PT WAS WELDING AT SCHOOL TODAY WHEN HE SUBSTAINED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EY ES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
SUSTAINED BURMS TO EYES WHILE WELDING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2003	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
PATIENT BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING. DX; WELDING BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	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
NEAR OTHERS WHO WERE WELDING, - EYE GEAR, PAIN/REDNESS, BLURRED VISION DX: ARC WELDER'S BURN BILAT OS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	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
BILATERAL FLASH BURNS.PT INJURED EYES WHILE WELDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2003	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
FLASHBURN R EYE - EYE PAIN WHEN WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	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
BILATERAL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.PT WAS WELDING AND BURNED BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	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
PT WELDING YESTERDAY, TODAY EYES BURNING. FLASH BURNS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2003	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
EYES BURNING S/P WELDING DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	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
20YOMC NEAR FRIEND WHO WAS WELDING NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION WELDERS FLASH BURN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 18 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
WELDING IN CLASS - WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES-PT STS MAY NOT HAD THEM ON CORRECTLY BILATERAL WELDING BURNS EYES -ULTRAVIOLET KERIABLAST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 18 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 WAS WELDING AND HAD UV LIGHT EXPOSURE FROM WELDING ARC SHIELD WAS CRACKED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	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
EXPOSED TO WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2003	Age: 17 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
PT WELDING AT SCHOOL WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR SUSTAINED RADIATION BUR NS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2003	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, Eye protection devices
22YOM-WELDER'S FLASH B/L EYES=DEVELOPED PAIN IN EYES YESTERDAY WHILE WE LDING=WAS WEARING GOGGLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2003	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
BILAT EYE PAIN, WATCHING PEOPLE WELD, NO PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR DX: FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 24 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
FLASH BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 25 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 PRESENTS WITH FLASHBURNS TO BOTH EYES FROM WEL DING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2003	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
WELDER'S BURNS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT. WAS AT SCHOOL WELDING, GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Welding equipment
WORKING AROUND METAL WELDING [LISTED AS STUDENT] FLASH BURN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 24 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
C/O BILATERAL EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING TODAY DX: BILATERAL WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	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
PT .WELDING TODAY WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR. NOT AT WORK. DX. WELDING BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2003	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 HAD WELDER'S BURN TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2003	Age: 20 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
PT GOT SOMETHING IN RT EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2003	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
PT WAS WELDING WITHOUT A SHIELD FOR 5 MINS, WELDERS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 24 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
FLASH BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	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
EYE PAIN FROM WELDING FLASH/ ULTRAVIOLET KERATITS OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PT. WELDING 3 DAYS AGO, HAD PARTICLES FALL INSIDE SAFETY GLASSES. C/O B LURRED VISION. DX. F.B. RT. EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	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 YESTERDAY DEVELOPED RADIATION BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 16 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 WAS USING WELDING EQUIPMENT AND NOW HAS UV KERATITIS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 25 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 R EYE; WELDING YESTERDAY, USED PROTECTION "MOST OF THE TIME"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PT. TOOK PRTECTIVE GLASSES OFF IN WELDING CLASS IN A GROUP HOME & SUS- TAINED FLASH BURN OR FOREIGN BODY TO RT. EYE. DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	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
WELDING KERATITIS TO BOTH EYES FROM WELDING YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
23 Y M WITH FLASH BURN FROM WELDING NO FIRE DEPT NEEDED. DX:: CORNEAL ABRASIONS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
22Y M WAS WELDING AND FLASH BURNED HIMSELF DX; CORNEAL ABRASION AND FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2003	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
PT.INJ.BIL EYES AT HOME WHEN USING A WELDER. DX; BIL CORNEAL FLASH BURN S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 24 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. ACUTE BILATERAL WELDERS FLASH BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN FROM WELDING NO STATED IF HE WAS AT WORK. NO FIRE DEPT CALLE DX; FLASH BURN FROM WELDING BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	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 AND C/O BURNING TO EYES DX: WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	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
FLASHBURN - PATIENT REPORTS HE WAS WELDING WITHOUT MASK ON - AT HOME - PRESENTS WITH EYE PAIN, REDNESS AND DECREASED VISION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	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
WELDER'S BURNS TO EYES WHILE WELDING LAST EVENING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	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 INJURED EYES WELDING YESTERDAY AT HOME, ACUTE BILATERAL EYE PAIN QUE STION FLASHBURN FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2003	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 WITHOUT A PROTECTIVE HELMET, C/O EYE IRRITATION. UNEMPLOYED. DX . UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	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
PT WAS WELDING YESTERDAY. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 17 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. C/O EYES BURNING, WAS WELDING, UNEMPLOYED. DX. BILATERAL CORNEAL AB R, BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2003	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
PT WAS WELDING W/O PROTECTIVE GLASSES. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT DX OCULAR F.B - S/P IRRITATION TO RT EYE X2 DAYS DUE TO "WELDING"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2003	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, Tools
OD PAIN, REDNESS. FB SENS. +WELDING, GRINDING TODAY. DX; FB OD- REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 16 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, Eye protection devices
ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS TO EYES/16YOM WAS WELDING TODAY AT HOME AT 6:30PM AND TOOK HELMET OFF. NOW EYES ARE BURNING AND PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	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
WAS SANDING A METAL FRAME LAST NIGHT. ACUTE BILATERAL WELDERS FLASH IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 21 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
PT C/O BURNING AND HURTING TO BOTH EYES - DUE TO HELPING HIS FRIEND WELDING AND PAINTING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	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
WELDING BURNS OR METAL IN BILAT EYES. EXPOSED TO ARC WELDING TODAY FOR HOURS. (NO EYE GUARD). DX; UV BURNS CORNEAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	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 WELDING WITHOUT USING SAFETY EQUIPMENT, FEELS LIKE HE HAS SANDI N EYES; EYE BURN, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2003	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
PT. STATES THAT HE WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR USING WELDING EQUIPMENT WHEN HE RECEIVED A FLASH BURN TO FACE AND EYES. DX. ACUTE ULTRAVIOLET KERAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2003	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
PT GOT FLASH BURN TO EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	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-AT SCHOOL-EXPOSED TO WELDING FLASH W/O A SHIELD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
17 Y/O M C/O BURNING BOTH EYES. PT BURNED EYES WELDING. DX ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	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 ALL DAY,C/O EYE PAIN DX: FLASH BURN TO EYES, NOT STATED IF WORK RELATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	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
WAS WATCHING WELDING - NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES - VISION SMOKEY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 24 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
"BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING". +FB SENSATION BOTH EYES. DX; FLASH BURNS OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 21 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, Personal protection devices
WELDING TODAY X 10 MIN W/ FACESHIELD ON. EYES BURNING SINCE. DX; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL CORNEAL AB-SINCE WELDING THE EXHAUST PIPE ON HIS TRUCK @ HOM E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 17 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
WELDING/EYES BURNING FROM WELDER SPARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	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
WELDING MUFFLER UNDER CAR WITHOUT EYE SHIELD DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS OD/OS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	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: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
DX SOLAR CONJUNCTIVITIS: RED EYES AFTER WELDING WITH GOGGLES AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 18 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
PATIENT HAS BEEN WELDING, NOW HAS EYE PAIN. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EYE WITH REMOVAL, ABRASIONS TO BOTH CORNEAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHILE NEAR WELDING DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 17 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
PT.INJ.RT.EYE AT SCHOOL WHEN USING A WELDER,NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT WEARING WELDING HELMET/HOOD. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION RT.EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2003	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 protection devices
PT WAS WELDING YESTERDAY AND GLASSES KEPT SLIPPING OFF. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2003	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
PATIENT WAS WELDING WITHOUT A HELMET AND SUSTAINED CONJUNCTIVAL BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 23 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
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN USING WELDING TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 21 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
WAS WELDING THIS AFTERNOON. WEARING GLASSES NOW W/PAIN & SWELLING TO EYES. DX: ULTRAVIOLET VENATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	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, Eye protection devices
WELDING. +PROTECTIVE EYE GEAR EXCEPT WHEN STANDING NEXT TO ANOTHER WELDER. SENSITIVE TO LIGHT. DX; ACR WELDER'S CORNEAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2003	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, Tools
METAL IN LT EYE. WAS WELDING, GRINDING METAL. DX; METALLIC FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	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.O. W MALE W/WELDER'S BURNS TO EYES. PT INJ WHILE WELDING @ HOME. E 8981
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	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
EYES BURNING & SWELLING.WAS WELDING THIS AM.DX ARC WELDER'S BURN OU.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2003	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
22 Y.O. W MALE W/WELDER'S BURNS TO EYES. PT INJ WHILE WELDING @ HOME. E 8981
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WITH EYE PAIN AND TEARING AFTER ARCH WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTION. D: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	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 RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYE WHEN WELDING WITHOUT SAFETY GLASSES AND METAL HIT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	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
17 Y.O. W MALE W/BURNS TO EYEBALLS. PT INJ WHILE WELDING W/OUT A MASK. E914
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	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
FLASH BURN TO RT EYE FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	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
WELDERS BURNS BOTH EYES; WELDING WITHOUT GOGGLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	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, HAS BURNS TO EYES BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	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
PATIENT WATCHED SOMEONE WELDING AND NOW HIS EYES ARE BURNING. DX-ACUTE WELDING BURNS BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	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
C/O EYES BURNING AFTER WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE WEAR DX: WELDER FLASH BURN BIL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	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
LT EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING/ WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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