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Accidents - Welding equipment - 6-15 years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 416
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:271Lower Arm:138
Hand:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/23/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
STANDING A COUPLE OF FEET AWAY FROM SOMEONE WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR, BILATERAL EYE PAIN-RADIATION BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
KERATITIS-FELT PAIN WHILE WELDING-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT TOUCHED A HOT PLATE WHILE IN WELDING CLASS AND BURNED HAND. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Welding equipment
PT HELPING A FRIEND WITH WELDING MACHINERY WHEN GOT ARM PINCHED BETWEEN WELDING UNIT TANK AND SIDE OF THE UNIT. D:LACERATION, FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
8YMC IN ROOM WHILE ANOTHER PERSON WAS WELDING AND PUSHED UP PROTECTIVE SHIELD AT TIMES/WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
FOREARM BURN-SPARK FROM WELDER HIT ARM-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WATCHING FATHER WELD FOR 3 HOURS, NOT WEARING GLASSES DX: UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUSTAINED A WELDER'S BURN OF AN EYE BY WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN R EYE, POSSIBLE FB, WATCHING FAMILY WELD DX: FB, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS AT SCHOOL, WELDING, BURNED HIS EYES DIAGNOSIS; WELDERS' BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WELDING AT HOME WITH OLDER BROTHER X3 HOURS, KEPT TAKING OFF FA CE SHIELD, LOOKING AROUND, NOW SEVERE EYE PAIN; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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