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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 475
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/08/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| UV CORNEAL BURNS-USING A CUTTING TORCH W/O EYE PROTECTION-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH AND INJURED EYE. DX: SMALL CORNEAL ULCER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 21 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Cutting torches, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HAD A FOREIGN BODY LODGED IN AN EYE WHILE USING A CUTTING TORCH TO C UT A DUMPSTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | Age: 24 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: Cutting torches |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE TORCHING STEEL INJ BOTH EYES/ DX CORNEAL FLASH BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT WITH BURNS TO EYES AFTER USING BLOW TORCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2008 | Age: 52 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| 52 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO EYES AIR TANK EXPLODED PT GOT RUST AND METAL IN EYES* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| PT SUST CORNEAL ABRASION USING BLOW TORCH# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cutting torches |
| USING A BLOWTORCH TO WELD AND STATES A METAL FIREBALL HIT MY EYE. DX CELLULITIS L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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