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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 172
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/25/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Soldering equipment |
| FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS SLDERING AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2003 | Age: 35 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, Scald |
| Product: Soldering equipment, Hot water |
| WAS SOLDERING COPPER PIPES, THEN PUTTING THEM IN WATER, CAP FELL OFF CAUSING WATER TO SPLASH IN LEFT EYE DX: BURN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2003 | Age: 47 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: Soldering equipment, Pipes |
| PT HAD THERMAL BURNS OF HIS EYES AS A RESULT OF SOLDERING A PIPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Soldering equipment |
| SMASHED LT THUMB W/ IRON. DX; LT THUMB SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA, CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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