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Accidents - Welding equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,254
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Date: 12/21/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING FLASH BURN TO EYE WELDER'S ARC BURN TO CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AND GOT A SPARK IN LEFT EYE C/O PAIN REDNESS AND PHOTOPHOBIA LEFT EYE FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
51 YO - DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS - AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
57 YO MALE HAS DEBRIS IN EYES FROM WELDING F/B CORNEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2004Age: 51 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
FLASHBURNS BILATERAL EYES - EYE PAIN AFTER WATCHING SON WELD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2004Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT. HAS BEEN WELDING AT HOME, NOW HAS SOMETHING IN HIS EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2004Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
67 Y/O M INJURED BOTH EYES WHILE USING WEILDING TORCH AT HOME. DX; WELDERS BURN TO CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PT WAS WELDING TORCH WITH GOGGLES CORNEAL BURNS FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS AROUND WELDING YESTERDAY, EYE BURNING AND RED. DX-WELDING BURNS EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2004Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FELT PAIN/BURNING TO BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING BILATERAL CORNEAL ULTRAVIOLET BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. WAS WELDING, NOW HAS BURNS TO EYES KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUST FOREIGN BODY TO EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
HELPING SOMEONE WELD--BURN TO EYES DX WELDING ARC BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT STATES HE WAS WELDING AND NOW HAS EYE PAIN (WELDERS BURN)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2004Age: 62 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
ACUTE BILATERAL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS, WELDING AT HOME, NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTIVES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
DIRT IN EYE AND EXPOSED TO WELDING FLASH/ ACUTE EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/29/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
USING PLASMA WELDER - HAD GOGGLES ON WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AT HOME. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2004Age: 58 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
L EYE IRRITATION - EYE IRRITATION AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2004Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
58YOMC WELDING WEARING A CRACKED WELDING MASK C/O EYE PAIN WELDERS FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2004Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WELDING. DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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