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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 388
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2004 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| HANDS BURNED, (2ND DEGREE) GRABBED HOT WELDING TORCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT HAS BURN & METAL SHAVING EMBEDDEDIN R HAND FROM WELDING TOOL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| BURNED HAND WHILE WELDING AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| HAND BURN, 2ND DEGREE, FROM A WELDING TOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| R HAND BURN/4YOM AT GRANDPARENTS HOUSE BURNED HAND WHEN TOUCHED HOT MUF FLER THAT HAD JUST BEEN WELDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment, Pipes |
| PT GRABBED METAL BAR AFTER WELDING AND SUSTAINED BURN TO PALM. D: HAND BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| BURNED HAND WHEN USING BLOW TORCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| TOUCHED ELECTRICAL CHARGE CLAMP ON WELDER AT SCHOOL DX: ELECTRICAL BURN R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment, Tarpaulins |
| 22 YOM WAS WELDING AT HOME AND DROP CLOTH CAUGHT ON FIRE BURNED RT.HAN D TRYING TO PUT OUT FIRE. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| WELDING HEAT BLAST TO HAND BURN TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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