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Accidents - Welding equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 862
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Date: 12/23/2003Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FB SENSATION RT AFTER WELDING/ UV KERATITIS RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN TO EYES WHILE WLEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
KERATITIS-INJURY CAUSED WHILE WELDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2003Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING AT HOME WHEN SUSTAINED FLASH BURN TO R EYE DX WELDERS KERTATITS OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FOREIGN BODY EYE - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH LEFT EYE PAIN - FOREIGN BODY S USTAINED WHEN WELDING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING YESTERDAY, C/O FEELING LIKE SOMETHING IS IN RIGHT EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS LOOKING AT WELDING TORCH WITH GOGGLES CORNEAL BURNS FROM WELDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYE GEAR SUSTAINED FLASH BURNS DX: MILD E YE IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT GOT FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
52YOM-WELDER'S FLASH B/L EYE-WELDING YESTERDAY-WEARING EYE PROTECTION-D EVELOPED SEVERE PAIN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
61 YO M USING WELDING MACHINE INJURED EYE EYE SUPERFICAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FB IN RT EYE WHILE WORKING ON A CAR ( WELDING)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL EYES KERATITIS-AT HOME-WELDING W/O SHIELD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
55 YOWM WAS WELDING AT HOME. PT HAD SAFTY GLASSES IN. C/O EYE REDDNESS AND BURNING. DX. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS R/L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR SUSTAINED RADIATION BURN S TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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