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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,032
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT.INJ.BIL EYES AT HOME WHEN USING A WELDER. DX; WELD BURN BIL EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WATCHING SOMEONE WELD AND EYES BECAME IRRITATED. DX CORNEAL IRRITATION FROM WELDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2002 | Age: 53 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: Welding equipment |
| CORNEAL F.B. OS - F.B. IN EYE AFTER WELDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 72 Y/O MALE WAS WELDING AT HOME WHEN A LUMP OF HOT METAL FELL ON HIM BU RNING HIS LT GREAT TOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| TOOTH OFF HIS SHIELD TO CHANGE THE LENS WHEN HE CAUGHT A BRIEF EXPOSUE OF UV LIGHT WHILE WELDING. UV KERATITUS $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 54 YO M WELDING W/O SHIELD GOT WELDING MATERIAL IN EYE BURN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| BURN TO OU FROM WELDING. WELDED ALL AFTERNOON. DX; FLASH BURNS OU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| WELDING 3 DAYS PRIOR FOREARM BRUISE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WELDING AT HIS SONS HOUSE SUSTAINED RADIATIONS FLASH BURNS TO BOTH E YES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 55 Y M WAS WELDING UNSPECIFIED WHERE AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. DX: FOREIGHN BODY IN RIGHT EYE. NO FIRE DEPT CALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2002 | Age: 57 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, Pipes |
| WELDING METAL ROD, FORGOT IT WAS HOT AND GRABBED IT/ PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 55 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: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices |
| FLASH BURN EYE - PATIENT WAS WELDING YESTERDAY - HE WAS WEARING HIS GOG GLES BUT THIS MORNING HE WOKE UP IN SEVERE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment, Day wear |
| WELDING, PANTS CAUGHT ON FIRE/BURN TO BOTH LEGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| FLASHBURN EYES - VICTIM REPORTS HE WAS WELDING AND GRINDING YESTERDAY O N CARS AND THIS MORNING HE WOKE WITH RIGHT EYE BURNING AND IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PHOTOKERATITIS SECONDARY TO WELDING BURNS AT FRIEND'S HOUSE-NO EYE PROT ECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PATIENT WAS WELDING AT HOME, EYE ARE NOW BURNING. DX-WELDING BURN TO EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 58 YOM COMPLAINED OF REDNESS, BURNING & IRRITATION OF BOTH EYES. HAD BE EN DOING SOME WELDING AT HOME. CONJUNCTIVITIS, BILATERAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 58 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: Welding equipment |
| PATIENT HAS EYE PAIN AFTER WATCHING FRIEND WELD. NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION. D: WELDER'S KERATITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WELDING AT HOME SUSTAINED A BILATERAL RADIATION BURNS TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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