Accidents - Cutting torches - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,808
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	14
6-15 years old:	153
16-25 years old:	334
26-50 years old:	826
50+ years old:	478

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	475	Hand:	308
Lower Arm:	231	Finger:	151
Upper Trunk:	146	Wrist:	80
Lower Trunk:	80	Upper Arm:	73
Lower Leg:	71	Head:	71
Ear:	71	Shoulder:	14
Knee:	14	Face:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/07/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cutting torches, Ceilings and walls
CARRYING A WELDING TANK TRIPPED HIT WALL TANK FELL ON PT. DX RIB CONTU SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2008	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS: PT W US'G AN ACETYLENE TOURCH THIS AFTERNOON, W TO PICK IT UP OFF GROUND & BURNED HIS HAND. BLISTER'G/RADIAL 1/2 DISTAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
PT SUS BURN TO HAND WHILE USING CUTTING TORCH%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches, Day wear
45 YOF CROSSED PATH OF ACETYLENE TORCH AND BURNED SLACKS THROUGH TO POS TERIOR LEFT KNEE SUSTAINING 2ND-3RD DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
PT AT HOME USING A TORCH BURN TO ARM/ DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
44Y/O,M,BURNS TO ABD. WITH *** TORCH, HOME, SECOND DEGREE& FIRST DEGREE BURNS IN ABD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches, Pipes
BURNED HAND WHILE USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A ROD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
46 YO MALE BURNED RIGHT WRIST ON BLOW TORCH FIRST DEGREE BURN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 08/05/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
PRESSURE VALVE ON OXYGEN TANK TO CUTTING TORCH EQUIPMENT BLEW UP AND CA UGHT FIRE INJURING AXILLA AT HOME. DX; 2ND DEGREE BURNS AXILLA AND ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
PT WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH AND ACCIDENTLY HIT HIS THUMB WITH IT/ BURN TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Cutting torches
LIFTED OXYGEN TANK RT SHOULDER STRAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
PT WAS BURNED W/PROPANE TORCH. FD NS. DX: L PALM BURN FIRST/SECOND DEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
BURNED HAND ON ACETYLENE TORCH PREVIOUS DAY SECOND DEGREE THUMB BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
HAND BURNED-TOUCHED HOT CUTTING TORCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
PATIENT BURNED THUMB WHEN PLAYING WITH PROPANE TORCH LAST WEEK, SEEN BY PRIMARY DR., NOW WITH RED STREAK UP ARM TO ARMPIT; THUMB BURN W/INFECT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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: 05/22/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
PT SUSTAINED A BURN OF AN EAR FROM HOT METAL WHILE USING CUTTING TORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches, Day wear
R LOWER LEG BURN/62YOM AT HM AT 2:30P STS PANT LEG CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE WORKING WITH A CUTTING TORCH. NO FIRE DEPT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
4 YO MALE WAS PLAYING WITH BLOW TORCH AT FATHER'S HOUSE SECOND DEGREE BURNS RIGHT PERIORBITAL
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: 04/26/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cutting torches
A WEEK AGO @ SCHOOL BURNT FOREARM ACCIDENTALLY WHEN TOUCHED THE TUBE OF BLOWTORCH, PROGRESSIVELY RED&SWELLING>> CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
BLOW TORCH BLEW UP/ PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TRUNK AND CHIN
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: 03/30/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
CUTTING A TRAILER WITH A CUTTING TORCH AND IT FLIPPED OVER BURNING ARM DX THERMAL BURN
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: 03/10/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
BURNED HAND WITH A BLOW TORCH. DX. BURN TO BACK OF RIGHT HAND.*
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: 02/16/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Cutting torches
PT LIFTING CO2 TANK-SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/27/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH AND FLAME HIT LEFT FOREARM. BURN TO LEFT FORE ARM. NO FIRE; NO FIRE DEPT.
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

Date: 01/06/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cutting torches
PT USING CUTTING TORCH @ HOME HAD BURNS TO R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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