Accidents - Soldering equipment - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 524
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	80
6-15 years old:	107
16-25 years old:	61
26-50 years old:	172
50+ years old:	101

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	228	Finger:	90
Lower Arm:	84	Hand:	62
Knee:	16	Toe:	16
Shoulder:	6	Lower Leg:	6
Lower Trunk:	6	Upper Leg:	6

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: 11/02/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
THERMAL BURN LEFT EYE.PT WAS USING A SODER TORCH AND BURNED 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: 08/11/2003	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
PT WAS BURNED ON THE SHOULDER BY A IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
PT DROPPED AN IRON ON HIS TOE YESTERDAY. DX LEFT 2ND TOE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
BURN TO RT. ARM W/ IRON DX: 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURN RT. FOREAMRM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
GRABBED IRON-SAT, BLISTER R HAND DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
BURN TO L HAND FROM IRON. DX: SECOND DEGREE BURN L HAND (SMALL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
PT WAS BURNT ON THE UPPER LEG BY AN IRON. DX UPPER LEG BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2003	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
PT INJURED FINGER WHEN HE TOUCHED AN IRON. DX FINGER BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
06YOM BURN TO FINGER ON SOLDER IRON AT HOME DX/2ND DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
STATES DIZZY, PALE PER MOM AFTER SMALL BURN TO RT HAND W/ IRON. DX; VASOVAGAL NEAR SYNCOPE/ 1ST DEGREE BURN LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment, Eye protection devices
PT GOT SOLDER IN EYE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT SCHOOL, ACUTE R EYE FOR EIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
BURNS TO RT KNEE & FOOT W/ IRON. DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN RT KNEE, FOOT
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

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY BURNED ON THE LOWER LEG BY AN IRON. DX LOWER LEG BUR N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
CORNEAL ABRASION - 14 YOM WAS USING A SOLDERING IRON AND GOT SOME SOLDE R IN RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
BURN TO L FOREARM W/ IRON.DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment, Stairs or steps
AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE- PT. WRESTLING WITH FRIEND & FELL BACKWARDS DOWN STAIRS, LANDING ON SOLDERING IRON. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN LT. BUTTOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
PT BURNED HAND ON AN IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2003	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
PT BURNED HAND ON AN IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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