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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,467
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2003 | 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 |
| FB SENSATION RT AFTER WELDING/ UV KERATITIS RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Mobile/Manufactured home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment, Mobile/manufactured homes |
| PT WELDING UNDER HIS MOBILE HOME WHEN HE CAUGHT SOME BRUSH ON FIRE PICK ED THE BURNING STUFF UP WITH BOTH HANDS- THERMAL BURNS TO HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/03/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 52 YO MALE FELL TO CONCRETE ABOUT 20' WHILE WELDING CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/27/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment, Day wear |
| PT WELDING AT HOME WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS PANTS ON FIRE SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO RIGHT LOWER LEG- NIT STATED IF FD ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2003 | Age: 52 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 |
| FLASH BURN TO EYES WHILE WLEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| BURN UPPER ARM - PATIENT WAS BURNED BY WELDING TORCH AT HOME - LARGE RE D, BLISTERED WEEPING AREA ON UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2003 | Age: 59 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 |
| KERATITIS-INJURY CAUSED WHILE WELDING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2003 | Age: 65 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 |
| 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: 10/01/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: 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: 09/21/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: 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: 09/05/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PATIENT HURT WHILE WELDING. SPARK FLEW ONTO EYELID. DX: BURN TO BOTTOM OF EYELID. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2003 | Age: 56 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 WAS LOOKING AT WELDING TORCH WITH GOGGLES CORNEAL BURNS FROM WELDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 61 YO BM - ELECTRICAL SHOCK - WAS WELDING & ROD TOUCHED HIS WRIST WATCH - FELT A SHOCK GO THRU HIS BOEY - BROTHER KNOCKED ROD OUT OF HIS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/28/2003 | 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: 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: 07/01/2003 | Age: 53 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 GOT FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES FROM WELDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 72 YOM WAS USING WELDING EQUIPMENT WHILE WORKING ON CAR DOOR. THERMAL BURN, RIGHT INDEX FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2003 | 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: 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: 05/29/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT BURNED LT FOOT WHILE WELDING BY ACCIDENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 57YOM-2ND DEGREE BURN FACE=WAS WELDING, POT & ZINC EXPLODED AT HOME-STU CK TO FACE-HAD TO PEEL IT OFF |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/27/2003 | Age: 61 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: Welding equipment |
| 61 YO M USING WELDING MACHINE INJURED EYE EYE SUPERFICAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: 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: 04/05/2003 | Age: 56 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 |
| BILATERAL EYES KERATITIS-AT HOME-WELDING W/O SHIELD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2003 | Age: 55 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, 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: 02/23/2003 | Age: 76 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 WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR SUSTAINED RADIATION BURN S TO BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| SECOND DEGREE BURNS R ARM - CUTTING WITH TORCH WHEN OXYGEN HOSE BROKE A ND CAUGHT FIRE, NO MENTION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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