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Accidents - Soldering equipment - Year 2004 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 135
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:16
26-50 years old:118

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/14/2004Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
PT WHILE SOLDERING FELT SOMETHING GOT INTO HIS EYE,SUSTAINED "LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2004Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Soldering equipment
PT BURNED EYE WHILE SOLDERING. DX: R CORNEAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2004Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment, Pipes
RT CORNEAL AB-@ HOME-GOT SOLDER IN EYE WHILE HUSBAND WAS WORKING ON PLU MBING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2004Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment
PT WAS SOLDERING ON FRIDAY WITHOUT SAFETY GOGGLES GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EEY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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