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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,458
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 69 YO USING WELDER SPARKS BURN EAR BURN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/30/2008 | Age: 61 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 HELPING FRIEND WITH WELDING INJURED EYES DX// BILAT ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 68 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 W/O FACE MASK AT HOME. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 53 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 |
| FLASHBURN EYES - 53 YO MALE REPORTS ABRUPT ONSET OF SEVERE EYE BURNING AND DISCOMFORT - BEGAN AT HOME WHEN WELDING W/O ADEQUATE EYE PROTECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Welding equipment, Eyeglasses |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE WELDING PT WEARING GLASSES POSS FB IN L EYE/ DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2008 | 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 |
| WELDERS BURNS TO EYES, PT WAS WELDING ALL DAY, MASK NOT DARK ENOUGH AND HAS PAIN TO EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 51 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 |
| PT WAS WELDING AND STATES HE GOT SAND IN HIS EYES DX: BILATERAL EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT DX FOREIGN BODY RT EYE - S/P DUE TO WELDING 2 WEEKS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 77 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-FELT LIKE A FLASH BURN WHILE WELDING-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| ON MONDY WAS WELDING&SUSTAINED A SPRAK BURN TO THE SPACE BETWEEN TOES, NOW WITH FOOT SWELLING&REDNESS>>CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2008 | 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: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Welding equipment, Eyeglasses |
| PT INJURED EYE WHILE WELDING. GLASSES HIT INTO EYE. DX: SUBSCLERAL HEMORRHAGE O.S. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52YOM WAS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE HELPING BUILD A TRAILER USING WELDING EQUIPMENT,HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON AND OFF INJURED EYES;CORNEAL ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | 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 |
| STATES ' BURNED EYES WELDING '. WELDED FOR 5 MINUTES WITHOUT PROTECTIO N. DX; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS BOTH EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WAS WELDING AT HOME & BURNT FOREARM 2 DAYS AGO DX: BURN TO LEFT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | 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: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| FLASHBURN EYES - 57 YO MALE STATES WELDING WHEN LIFTED MASK AND EXPERIE NCED FLASHBURN BOTH EYES - GRADUAL ONSET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | 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 |
| WELDERS BURNS TO EYES, 51 YOM, WELDING @ HOME, HAS EYE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | 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, Eye protection devices |
| WELDER'S RASH BOTH EYES: HELPING FRIEND DO SOME WELDING USING PLASMA CUTTER & WELDING TORCH, WEARING FACE SHIELD-SOMETIMES NOT ENGAGED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | 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 |
| BURNING TO BOTH EYES AFTER WELDING LAST PM DX; ULTRA VIOLET KERATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | 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 |
| 53 YO MALE HAS EYE PAIN - WAS WELDING CORNEAL ABRASION/BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | 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 |
| WELDING. DX WELDERS FLASH# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | Age: 55 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 |
| BURNED EYES WELDING DX; ULTRA VIOLET KERATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| CORNEAL ABRASION/RUST RING RT EYE: WELDING AT HOME, GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE, SCRATCHED IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | 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 WITHOUT PROTECTION. DX WELDING BURN TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | 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 |
| TRAUMATIC EYE PAIN HAD BEEN WELDING WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION TO EYES. DX-FLASH BURNS TO EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2008 | 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 WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR WAS HELPING A FRIEND AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN EYES WELDERS BURNS TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2008 | Age: 57 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 |
| PATIENT WAS WELDING GOR FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY EYE, PAIN. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/24/2008 | Age: 55 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 protection devices |
| PT W/ EYE PAIN. WAS WELDING FOR SEVERAL HRS TODAY W/O WEARING DARK GLAS SES. DID WEAR PLASTIC SAFETY GLASSES. ALSO DID SANDING. D:UV KERATITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2008 | Age: 56 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 |
| 56 YO M WELDERS FLASH AFTER WELDING ALL DAY* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2008 | Age: 58 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 |
| C/O PAIN IN LT EYE, THINKS HAS METAL IN IT, WAS WELDING/ FB LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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