Accidents - Welding equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2006 - Eyeball

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Date: 12/30/2006	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, Eye protection devices
B/L WELDER'S BURN TO BOTH EYES:WELDING AT HOME USING A SHIELD AND SAFETY GOGGLES, C/O PAIN AND BURNING BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2006	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
ABRASION CORNEA - 22 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT EYE SORNESS W/SENSITIVI TY TO LIGHT - REPORTS HE DOES DO WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2006	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
KERATITIS-PAIN SINCE WATCHING FATHER WELD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2006	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
WATCHED SOMEONE ELSE WELDING TODAY, EYES BURNING NOW DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	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
EYE PAIN AFTER USING WELDER TODAY CORNEAL FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	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
BOTH EYES BURNING AFTER WELDING WELDING BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	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
BILATERAL KERATITS.PT WAS WELDING AND INJURED BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2006	Age: 17 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
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2006	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, Motor vehicles or parts
WELDER'S FLASH FROM WELDING A CAR AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
EYES HURTING ; WAS WELDING EARLIER TODAY. D: WELDING ARC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2006	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
BILATERAL UV KERATITIS-PAIN SINCE WELDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	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
PATIENT HAD BEEN WELDING AND BEGAN TO HAVE EYE PAIN LATER.DX-PHONOKERAT ITIS, EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 22 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
PATIENT WAS WELDING AND GOT SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYEBALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2006	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
FLASHBURN EYES - 16 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH BILATERAL EYE DISCOMFORT - PT WAS WELDING YESTERDAY WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION - NO VISION LOSS BUT BLUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	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 WELDING AT HOME STATES EYE PAIN ULTRAVIOLET KERATOSIS BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2006	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
GOT PEICE OF METAL IN EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2006	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
GOT FLASH BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2006	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
FLASH BURNS TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2006	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
BILATERAL KERATITIS.PT WAS WELDING AND HAD FLASH BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2006	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
BURNED EYES WELDING WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES WELDING BURN TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2006	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
FLASH BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2006	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
UV KERATITIS-FLASH BURN FROM UNDER MASK-WHILE WELDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2006	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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS - EYES STARTED ITCHING AFTER BEING AROUND WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2006	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
PATIENT GOT WELDER'S FLASH IN EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2006	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
24YOM ULTRAVIOLET KERATIS R EYEWELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2006	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 WAS WELDING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FOR SCHOOL PROJECT (AT AUNTS HO USE) AND BURNED EYES. DX: WELDING BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
FLASHBURN - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH RIGHT EYE TEARING AND REDNESS WITH BL URRED VISION - AFTER WELDING AT HOME - RPTS GOGGLES HAD A CRACK IN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Motor vehicles or parts
WK ON A CAR WELDING, NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE GOGGLES, NOW C B/L EYE PAIN PT WKS ON HIS OWN CAR " KEATITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2006	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
WELDING AND NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION WELDER'S FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2006	Age: 20 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, Cutting torches
WELDING WHEN A PIECE OF MEDAL ENTERED THRU LID OF HIS HELMET; FOREIGN BODY TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2006	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
KERATITIS B/L EYES-AROUND WELDER'S TODAY NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2006	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
RADIATION KERATITIS FROM WELDING TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2006	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
20 YOM, SOLDERING WITH TORCH, TURNED OFF, HE TURNED INTO TORCH BURNING LEFT EYE DX: CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2006	Age: 20 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
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS WELDING AND INJURED EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	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
FLASH BURN CORNEA - WATERY,BURNING EYES AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2006	Age: 23 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, Eye protection devices
R CORNEAL ABRASION; PT WELDS BUT ALWAYS WEARS GLASSES. DOESN'T THINK TH IS SCRATCHY FEELING IS RELATED TO JOB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2006	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
DX RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION: WELDING, WEARING PROTECTIVE GLASSES, STILL GOT SOMETHING IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	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 BURNED BOTH EYES WELDING DX WELDER'S FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2006	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 EYE BURNS.PT WAS WELDING AND BURNED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2006	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
UV KERATITIS BILATERAL - FLASHBURNS FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2006	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 PREVIOUS DAY - HELMET WITH GOGGLES WELDERS FLASH / CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
EXPOSED TO WELDING BY FRIEND/EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2006	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
PT WAS USING A WELDER AND WASN'T WEARING GOGGLES/ WELDING BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT. WAS WELDING ON SATURDAY W/FATHER AND NOW HAS L EYE REDNESS. DX. L EYE CORNEAL ULCER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	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
BILATERAL EYE BURNS.PT WAS WELDING AND BURNED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	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
BILATERAL FLASH BURN.PT WAS WELDING IN GARAGE AND INJURED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2006	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
BIL EYES BURNING AFTER WELDING DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS BILATEYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2006	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
WAS WELDING WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION NOW HAVING PAIN WELLDERS BURN TO BI L EYES..NOGT WORKMENS COMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2006	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
25 YOM WELDER'S FLASH FROM WELDING METAL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2006	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, Motor vehicles or parts
PATIENT WAS WORKING ON CAR AND GOT WELDERS FLASH BURN ON EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 17 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, Band saws
WELDING AND USING BANDSAW AT SCHOOL, GOT FB IN EYE. DX: FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2006	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, Motor vehicles or parts
PATIENT WAS WELDING ON MUFFLER AT HOME AND HAS PAIN TO EYES. DX: ULTR AVIOLENT KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN TO EYE GOT HIT WITH F.B. WHILE WELDING DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2006	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 M INJURED BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING. DX; ARC WELDERS BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2006	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
16YOM WELDING EYES BURN UL;TRAVIOLET KERATITIS R L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2006	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
PT WELDING ALL DAY, FOR MANY DAYS AT HOME, C/O BLURRY VISION, EYE PAIN DX: WELDERS KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	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
BILATERAL CORNEAL FLASH BURNS - SEVERE EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	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
C/O BIL EYE PAIN, WAS WELDING EARLIER/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2006	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
WELDING BURNS TO EYES,WORE PROTECTIVE MASK BURNS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2006	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT HAD ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS FROM WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2006	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 RECEIVED BURN TO THE EYES WHILE WELDING AT HOMEWELDING BURN BILATERA L EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2006	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS IN A WELDING CLASS AT SCHOOL AND SOMETHING FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION OF R EYEBALL..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	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
L EYE PAIN, PT WELDING YESTERDAY DX MINOR WELDING BURN L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	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
WELDERS FLASH TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2006	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
PT HAD ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS OF THE EYE FROM WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME C/O EYEPAIN CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVAL WELDING BURN LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2006	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
BILATERAL SOLAR KERATITIS.PT WAS WELDING ON HIS CAR AND BURNED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2006	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
PT AT FRIENDS HOME HELPING WELDING BOTH EYES RED AND PAINFUL DX ACUTE WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	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
FLASH BURN TO EYES WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	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
PT STATES HE WAS WELDING WITHOUT SAFETY GLASSES AND SOME METALLIC MATERIALS FLEW INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	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
FLASH BURNS TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE-C/O SENSATION OF FOREIGN BODY IN EYE THAT STARTED WHILE WELDING AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	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
HAS EYE PAIN AFTER WATCHING FRIEND WELD AT HOME. DX: ACUTE KERATITIS E YE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2006	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
PATIENT HURT WHILE WELDING WITH EQUIPMENT AT SCHOOL. EXPOSURE TO WELDIN G ARC. DX: RT EYE PAIN/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2006	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
PT WAS WELDING W/O SHIELD YESTERDAY. DX: UV KERATITIS BILAT EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2006	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, Eye protection devices
PT WITH EYE PAIN. WAS WELDING YESTERDAY AND WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION ON AND OFF. DID LOOK AT THE LIGHT. D:UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2006	Age: 22 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
PT WAS WELDING AT HOME AND DEVELOPED EYE PAIN CORNEAL ABRASION TO BOTH EYES , PT WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2006	Age: 17 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
EYE FB-DEBRIS AFTER WELDING IN SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2006	Age: 18 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
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING/CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2006	Age: 19 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
SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHILE WELDING/CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2006	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
WELDING @ HOME, C/O REDNESS & BURNING BI-LAT EYE DX BI-LAT ULTRAVIOLET KERMITITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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