Accidents - Welding equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Eyeball

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Date: 11/18/2005	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
PT HAD BEEN WELDING AND NOW HAS PAIN TO EYES AND FACE/ BURNS TO CORNE AS AND FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2005	Age: 58 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
EYES BURNED WHILE WELDING DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT BURNED EYES WELDING AT HOME CORNEAL BURN BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2005	Age: 54 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
BEEN WELDING ALOT THIS AM, NOW C EYE PAIN&BURN " WELDER KERATITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2005	Age: 71 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, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS ASSISTING SON W/ WELDING EARLIER TODAY AND PRESENTED W/ PAIN AND BURNING SENSATION IN BOTH EYES.DX-THERMAL INJURY BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2005	Age: 55 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
WELDING BURN ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2005	Age: 58 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 HURT EYES FROM WELDING ARC EXPOSURE DX: CORNEAL BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
53 YO MALE WAS WELDING OVERHEAD AND EYES ARE BURNING CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES FROM EXPOSURE TO WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT. REPORTS AROUND SOMEONE AT HOME WHO WAS WELDING TODAY AT 3 PM AND RE CEIVED WELDING BURNS TO EYES. DX/ R/L EYES CORNEAL ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2005	Age: 62 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
UV KERATITIS BILATERAL - WELDING BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	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
WELDING IN AFTERNOON - WEARING EYE PROTECTION - AWOKE DURING NIGHT WITH EYE PAIN / BILATERAL CORNEAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	Age: 63 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
EYE PAIN WHILE WELDING DX ULTRAVIOLET WELDING BURN BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
C/O EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX: BILAT. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2005	Age: 66 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 WATCHING SOMEONE WELD TWO HOURS AGO NOW BOTH EYES ARE PAINFUL RA DIATION BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2005	Age: 51 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 ALL DAY - OPENED MASK FROM TIME TO TIME CORNEAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2005	Age: 74 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
WELDING ARCH EXPOSURE TO EYE WHILE WELDING DX CONJ TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2005	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
PT WAS WELDING WITH PROTECTIVE LENS ON, FELT IRRITATION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 60 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
ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS/60YOM AT HOME WAS WELDING WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION AND NOW C/O BILATERAL EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 67 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 WAS WELDING AT HOME WITHOUT A SHIELD AND DEVELOPED EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 62 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
CORNEAL ABRASION RT EYE - GOT F.B. IN EYE WHEN WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2005	Age: 54 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, Eye protection devices
PT WELDING 2 DAYS AGO, A PIECE OF METAL FLICKED UP UNDER SAFETY GOGGLES INTO R EYE DX: CORNEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2005	Age: 64 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
WAS WELDING AT HOME ...FLASH BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2005	Age: 70 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 BURNS TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2005	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, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN BIL EYES/54YOM WELDING TODAY AT HOME AND EXPOSED HIS EYES FO R A FEW MINUTES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2005	Age: 51 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, Tools
C/O POSS FOREIGHN BODY IN L EYE, STATES WELDING AND GRINDING ON THURSDA Y, BLURRY VISION X 3DAYS DX: L EYE METALLIC FOREIGN BODY W/ RUST RING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE-WAS WELDING AND METAL SHAVING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING AT HOME YESTERDAY, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2005	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 HOME, NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR, RADIATION BURNS BIL AT EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2005	Age: 51 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 WAS WELDING TODAY AND DEVELOPED EYE PAIN (UV LIGHT EXPOSURE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2005	Age: 65 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
DX CORNEAL ABRASION: HOLDING METAL WHILE UNCLE ARC WELDED, PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2005	Age: 51 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 PAIN AFTER WELDING/ WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2005	Age: 66 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 WAS WATCHING FRIEND WELD. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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