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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 249
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WAS RUNNING IN GARAGE AND HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF WELDER, LACERATION ABOVE RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| WELDING, FOREIGN BODY IN BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Welding equipment, All-terrain vehicles |
| PT STATES WAS WELDING ON A FOUR-WHEELER YESTERDAY AT HOME HAS POSSIBLE PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE DX FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL OF RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| DX LWBS: FLASH BURNS TO EYES AS PT WAS EXPOSED TO WELDING PROCESS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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