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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 655
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2007 | Age: 10 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 WATCHING WELDING TODAY DX; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2007 | Age: 15 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 |
| L EYE RED & PAINFUL SINE WELDING YESTERDAY DX CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2007 | Age: 15 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 |
| WELDING AT SCHOOL, TOOK HELMET OFF AND LOOKED WHILE WELDING. DX; ULTRA VIOLET KERATITIS BOTH EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2007 | Age: 15 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 |
| PT STATES EYE PAIN WHILE WELDING AT HOME BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASION WELDING ARC EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT RECEIVED FRACTURE FOOT WHEN WELDING MACHINE FELL ON TO FOOT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2007 | Age: 11 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 FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHILE WATCHING DADDY WELDING AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| A PEICE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE WHILE WELDING IN CLASS . D: FOREIGN BO DY / CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT HAD 200LB WELDING TANK FALL ON FOOT - CRUSHING INJURY TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| L EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX; CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment, Metal containers |
| PT USING WELDER TO CUT THE TOP OFF BARREL EXPLODED BURNS TO LEG&ARM 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT LOWER LEG AND RT UPPER ARM-NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/21/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT AT SCHOOL IN SHOP CLASS USING A WELDER EYE PAIN/ DX CORNEAL FLASH BURNS BILATERAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2007 | Age: 15 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 |
| HELPING BUILD TIN BUILDING, CLEANING UP METAL SHAVINGS WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION DX UV KERATITIS SECONDARY WELDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2007 | 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, Go-carts |
| 14 YOM WAS WELDING STEEL GO-CART AROUND 5 PM, HAD A FACE SHIELD BUT HAS STILL SINCE BEEN C/O BILATERAL EYE PAIN, UNSURE IF ANYTHING ENTERED IN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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