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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 356
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| STATES WAS WELDING YEST.BILAT EYE PAIN.(HIS UNCLE WAS WELDING.)DX BILAT CORNEAL BURN OU. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2002 | Age: 8 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 |
| C/O BURNING EYES AFTER WATCHING SOMEONE WELD NO PROTECTIVE WEAR DX: WELDERS FLASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| TEACHER WAS DEMONSTRATING WELDING @ SCHOOL YESTERDAY-LOOKED AT THE LIGH T. ACUTE LT CORNEAL AB@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2002 | Age: 15 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 |
| 15 YOM WAS WELDING AND INCURRED FLASH BURN BOTH EYES. CONJUNCTIVITIS, B IL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PATIENT WAS WELDING IN WELDING CLASS AT SCHOOL AND BURNED EYES. DX: W ELDING BURNS TO EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2002 | Age: 14 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 IN HIS GARAGE APPROXIMATELY 1000 TODAY AND NOW HAS WELDERS' FLASH, CANNOT OPEN EYES. DX WELDER'S KERATITIS BOTH EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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