Accidents - Welding equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2006

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,599
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,023	All Of Body:	132
Hand:	86	Foot:	79
Face:	73	Wrist:	71
Finger:	71	Lower Leg:	15
25 - 50% Body:	15	Unkown:	15
Upper Trunk:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING WITH TORCH AND BURNED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Welding equipment
FELL OVER WELDER, CP DX: RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2006	Age: 52 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
52 YO M WITH WELDERS FLASH*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2006	Age: 57 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
SOMETHING IN EYE WELDING TODAY DX: FB R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	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 WELDING EARLIER IN THE DAY. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2006	Age: 55 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
FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS WELDING AND DUST GOT INTO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 75 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 IS SELF EMPLOYED AND WAS WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR NOW PRESENTS WITH BURNING WATERY EYES -FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING WITH DC WELDER, WAS SHOCKED ALSO HAD TEMPORARY LOSS OF FUNCTION IN RIGHT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2006	Age: 54 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
PAIN TO EYES AFTER WELDING AT HOME DX: CORNEAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING WHEN INHALED POISONOUS FUMES THAT CONTAINED ZINC. +LOC, NAUS EA, DISORIENTATION, NUMBNESS IN SIDE. D: PARASTHESIAS, NOS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2006	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUSTAINED A WELDER'S BURN OF THE EYES AFTER WELDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Welding equipment
FB IN FINGER WHILE WELDING/ PW RT DISTAL 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	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
PT WAS GALVANIZED HELIARC WELDING AT HOME TODAY. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Welding equipment
PT SMASHED HIT HAND ON WELDER AT HOME AND CUT HAND 4CM LAC RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
BILAT CORNEAL ABBRASIONS; HAS BEEN WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	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
UV KERATITIS;CONJUNCTIVITIS/60YOM STS WAS HELPING A FRIEND WELD THIS AF TERNOON. BEGAN WITH IRRITATION IN BOTH EYES. C/O INCREASING PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING IN GARAGE WHEN PORTABLE TANK CAUGHT FIRE & PT CARRIED IT OUT. FD NS. DX: 25% TBSA BURNS, POSS ASPIRATION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/05/2006	Age: 81 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
PATIENT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WELDING AT HOME DX: ABRASION RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	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: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment, Pruning or trimming equipment
R UPPER LID CELLULITIS - EYE MATTED SHUT AFTER WELDING AND USING *** TER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2006	Age: 58 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
PATIENT HAD BEEN WELDING EARLIER TODAY, WENT TO SLEEP, EYES NOW BURNING. DX-FLASH BURN TO EYES, WELDER'S BURN, EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2006	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, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
BIL EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING AND GRINDING/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2006	Age: 72 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
ACUTE CORNEAL ABRAS;HEMMORAGE/72YOM STS DOING SOME WELDING AT HOME AND FELT SOMETEHING IN R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2006	Age: 55 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
WELDING, THINKS HE HAS SLAG IN EYE/ FB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment, Floor lamps or table lamps
53 YO MALE WAS WELDING LAMP ACTIVIA VERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	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
WELDING, C/O SEVERE EYE PAIN, DX; WELDERS BURN/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2006	Age: 57 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
FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE-WELDING YESTERDAY SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Welding equipment
UNKNOWN HOW IT HAPPENED POSSIBLE WHILE WELDING DX- RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2006	Age: 52 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 WAS WELDING WHEN TRUCK FUEL TANK EXPLODED & CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE. FD NS. DX: 40%TBSA BURNS BILAT LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/10/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
63 YO MALE WAS WELDING AND WIND BLEW HIM OVER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Gasoline cans
WELDING SPARK IGNITED GAS CAN BURN TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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