Accidents - Welding equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,237
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	3,756	Lower Arm:	146
Face:	88	Upper Trunk:	80
All Of Body:	59	Finger:	59
Hand:	30	Lower Leg:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/18/2008	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 AND HAS LEFT EYE PAIN WELDERS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	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
PT GOT FLASH BURN TO BILAT EYES WHILE WELDING TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2008	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 C/O EYE PAIN, WELDING WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION TO EYES. DX-BURNED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Footwear
PT WAS WELDING AT HOME WHEN SPARK HIT SHOE AND PANTS WHICH CAUGHT FIRE. -FD. DX: SUPERFICIAL BURN R LEG 1% TBSA.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Welding equipment
LACERATED ARM ON A WELDING TABLE. DX LACERATION L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2008	Age: 17 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
PATIENT HURT WHILE WATCHING SOMEONE WELDING AT FRIEND'S HOUSE. DX: WELDER CONJUNCTIVITIS BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	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
WATCHING/HELPING FRIEND WELDING TODAY;NO GOGGLES. BURNS TO BILAT EYES;P AIN-PHOTOPHOBIA;SWOLLEN. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS BILAT EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2008	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
CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS HIT EYE IN WELDING CLASS-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2008	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
FLASHBURNS EYES - 16 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH BILATERAL EYE PAIN AFTER WEL DING EARLIER TODAY - DID NOT USE EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	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
16 Y/O C/O EYE PAIN, HAD BEEN WELDING WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION. DX-BRNS TO EYES, KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	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
PT WAS WELDING AND SUSTAINED FLASH BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2008	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
18 Y/O WELDED WITHOUT USING PROTECTION FOR EYES. DX-FLASH BURNS EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	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 IN WELDING CLASS AND HELPED ANOTHER STUDENT AND DID NOTW EAR HELMET AND GOGGLES. DX: UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	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 HAS EYE PX SINCE WELDING W/O EYE PROTECTION LAST PM. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2008	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
DX CORNEAL FB/CORNEAL INJ: W WELD'G C/O METAL CHIP IN R EYE. INC'G PAIN W OPEN'G EYE. FEELS A PIECE OF METAL STILL IN EYE/BLURINESS +EYE PROTCN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 22 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
22YO HISP MALE WELDING YEST,NO EYE PROTECTION,EYES ARE NOW DRY-BURNING DX ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS, B/L WELDER EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	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
WAS WELDING AND INJURED EYE UV KERATITIS.....NOT WORKMENS COMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	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
PAIN IN EYE AFTER WELDING AT SCHOOL, HAS ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	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
UV CORNEAL BURNS-WELDING W/O HIS FACE SHIELD BEING DOWN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Welding equipment
24Y/O,M,WELDING, FELT SUDDEN PAIN MID UPPER BACK, L THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	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 AT A FRIENDS AND GOT WELDERS FLASH. DX WELDERS FLASH BILATERAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2008	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 RUBBED HIT EYE. DX: FB R EYE, RUST RING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment, Clothing accessories
PT WELDING AT SCHOOL WHEN FELT SHOCK TO PALM. WEARING LEATHER GLOVES AT THE TIME. D: ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	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
23 YO M FLACH BURNS TO EYES WAS WELDING AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 21 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
CORNEAL AB-METAL FRAME FROM WELDING MACHINE HIT EYE-@ COLLEGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2008	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 PRESENTS W/BURN EYES WHILE WELDING AT HOME THIS PM. PAT. REPORTS PHO TOPHOBIA. DX. WELDING BURNS EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT'S HAND WAS BURNED FROM A SPARK WHILE WELDING. DX: L HAND BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 22 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
PT WELDING FOR FIRST TIME YESTERDAY AND NOT WEARING WELDING GOGGLES. NO W WITH EYE BURNING. D:UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 22 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
PT WAS WELDING STEEL, FELT SOMETHING IN EYES DX; WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2008	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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
PT AT HOME WELDING POSS FB EYE/ DX CONJUNCTIVITIS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	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
17 YO M WELDER FLASH TO BOTH EYES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, All-terrain vehicles
PT STATES WAS WELDING ON A FOUR-WHEELER YESTERDAY AT HOME HAS POSSIBLE PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE DX FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL OF RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	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
WELDING AT HOME HAVING PAIN IN EYES BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	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
25 YOM WAS AROUND SOMEONE WELDING ALL DAY, DEVELOPED SEVERE EYE PAIN IN BOTH EYES LATER; DX: WELDING BURNS BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	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
WELDING WITH PROTECTIVE GOGGLES ON. DX WELDERS FLASH#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	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
WAS WELDING AND GOT FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES, WAS HELPING HIS FRIEND WELD HIS CAR. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS RT AND LT EYES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	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 YOM WAS USING MIGWELDER AND HAS EYE PAINWELDERS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE WELDING*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	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
PT SUSTAINED FLASH BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	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
BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 20 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 RECEIVED ULTRAVIOLET BURNS TO EYES WHEN WELDING AT SCHOOL. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	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 EYE PAIN, HAD BEEN WELDING, HAD BEEN WEARING SHEILD, THINKS SOMEONE TOOK PROTECTIVE GLASS OUT OF SHIELD. DX-FLASH BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	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
PT WAS WELDING WITHOUT MASK TODAY. NOW WITH EYE BURNING. D: UV KERATITI S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	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 BEEN WELDING FLASH BURNS TO CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	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
PT STS WHILE WELDING GOT FOREIGN BODY IN L EYE,CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY DX L EYE CORNEAL RUST RING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	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 WELDING AT HOME AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN BOTH EYES WAS NOT WEARING PROT ECTIVE EYEWEAR RADIATION BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 18 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, BEAD STRUCK EYE/ CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WATCHING SOMEONE ELSE WELDING/FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	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
EXPOSED TO WELDING/FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 17 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
EYE FB-WELDING W/O A MASK-1 DAY PTA-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	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
UV KERATITIS-WELDING W/O A MASK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2008	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
21 YO M WELDERS FLASH TO EYES WAS WELDING AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT BURNED FINGER ON A TORCH AT HOME DX// RIGHT INDEX FINGER BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	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
21 YO M WELDER FLASH WAS WELDING YESTERRDAY*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	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 AT HOME USING A WELDER USING NO SAFE GUARD EYES RED AND BURNING/ DX BILATERAL WELDING FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	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 STS WAS WELDING TODAY,C/O BILATERAL EYE PAIN DX UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	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
IRRITATION BOTH EYES, WAS AROUND WELDING TODAY. DX; INFECTIOUS CONJUNC TIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	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
BOTH EYES PAINFUL AFTER WELDING DX; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 19 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 GOT METAL IN EYE WHILE WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2008	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
UV CORNEA BURNS-USING ARC WELDER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT BURNED ARM WHILE WELDING AT SCHOOL BURN RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	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 BROUGHT IN WITH EYES BURNING AND WATERING. HAD WATCHED GRANDFA THER WELD EARLIER. DX; WELDING BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2008	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
WELDING EARLIER TODAY AND HE WORE A MASK BUT TONIGHT EYES BURN DX WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2008	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
WAS WELDING AT HOME AND HAD NO EYE PROTECTION ON. C/O OF BURNS TO BOTH EYES. BILATERAL FLASHBURNS TO BOTH EYES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2008	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
UV KERATITIS-PAIN AFTER WELDING ON A CAR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2008	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
WHILE WELDING PT HAD FOREIGN BODY IN R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	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
LEFT EYE BURN WELDING ACCIDENT AT HOME WELDER'S BURN EYE #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 19 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
LT EYE RED AND IRRITATED AFTER WELDING/ LT EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2008	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 WELDING AT HOME HAS EYE PAIN KERATITIS ULTRAVIOLET BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2008	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
BILAT EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2008	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: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
DX LWBS: FLASH BURNS TO EYES AS PT WAS EXPOSED TO WELDING PROCESS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/18/2008	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 WAS WELDING AT HOME LAST NIGHT AND INJURED EYE DX// RIGHT EYE ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2008	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
WELDERS BURN TO EYE, WAS IN AREA WHERE BROTHER WAS WELDING W/O EYE EQUIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2008	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 BURNS TO EYES, EXPOSED TO WELDING YESTERDAY. DX; WELDING CORNEAL KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2008	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	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 USING INADEQUATE EYEWEAR. DEVELOPED EYE PAIN DUE TO FLASH BURN. DX: CORNEAL FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	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 HAD BEEN WELDING YESTERDAY, HAVING EYE PAIN. DX-FLASH BURN TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 20 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
PT C/O EXCRUCIATING EYE PAIN AFTER LOOKING AT A WELDER'S ARC. D: UV KER ATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2008	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 RECEIVED BURNS TO EYES WHILE WELDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2008	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, Motor vehicles or parts
ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS: AT HOME DOING SOME WELDING ON HIS TRUCK, WELDING FLASH BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2008	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
WELDING AND NOW COMPLAINS OF EYE IRRITATION. DX R/L EYE ULTRAVIOLET KER ATITIS#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2008	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 TO EYES-PAIN AFTER WELDING FOR 3-4 HRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 16 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
PT BURNED EYES IN WELDING CLASS. D: WELDING BURN TO BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2008	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
FLASHBURNS - 20 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH FLASHBURN TO BOTH EYES AFTER WELD ING TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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