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Accidents - Welding equipment - Year 2005 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 364
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Date: 09/17/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED L HAND, TOUCHED HOT WELDING HANDLE DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2005Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
DROPPED HEAVY METAL OBJECT ON HAND WHILE WELDING AT SCHOOL RT HAND CON TUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Welding equipment
MC FX-@ SCHOOL-INJURED WHILE WELDING IN CLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment, Vises or workshop clamps
PT INJURED LEFT HAND ON A CLAMP WHILE WELDING DX: LEFT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
GRABBED BALL HITCH ON TRAILER SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS WELDED/ 1ST DEGREE B URN LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
HAND BURN-WHILE WELDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
LEFT HAND PT BURN. PT INJURED HAND WHEN WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Welding equipment
HAND SLIPPED FROM THROTTLE INTO ENGINE FAN WHILE WORKING ON OLD WELDER/ LAC RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED HAND WELDING, PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND LANDED ON HAND/ RT HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED HAND IN WELDING CLASS DX. HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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