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Accidents - Welding equipment - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,387
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Date: 12/24/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING YESTERDAY, C/O PAIN TO BOTH EYES/ UV KERATITIS OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
C/O RT EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING AND GRINDING METAL/ RT EYE METALIC FB,COR NEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2009Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
71 YO WM HAS EYE PAIN WHILE WELDING AT HOME EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2009Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
70 YO WM HAS EYE PAIN WELDING AT HOME KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
55YO WHITE MALE WAS WELDING 3 DAYS AGO WEARING PROTECTIVE EYE GEAR, DX FOREIGN BODY EXTERNAL EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2009Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
CAUGHT SOME FLASH WHILE WELDING ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING AND C/O OF HAVING WELDING BURNS TO THE BOTH EYES. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN TO EYES AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2009Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE WELDING EYE IRRITATION/ DX ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2009Age: 58 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, Eye protection devices
FLASHBURN EYES - 58 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH BILATERAL EYE PAIN AFTER WELD ING YESTERDAY - GOT A NEW HELMET WITH FACE SHIELD BUT LENS TOO WIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE WELDING*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2009Age: 53 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
PT WAS WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYE EQUIPMENT NOW HAVING PAIN IN BOTH EYES RADIATION BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2009Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT HAS WELDING EXPOSURE BURN TO EYES, WELDING BURN TO EYES (KERATITIS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2009Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
71YO HISP MALE C/O B/L EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING THIS AM,WORE SAFETY GOGGLES,DX FLASHBURN TO EYES(PHOTOKERATITIS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2009Age: 52 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, Eye protection devices
KERATITIS R EYE/52YOM WAS WELDING YESTERDAY AT HOME, WEARING SAFETY GLA SSES AND C/O BILATERAL EYE IRRITATION. GRITTY FEELING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME LAST NIGHT AWOKE WITH EYE PAIN DX/ ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME HAS FOREIGN BODY TO EYE FOREIGN BODY LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
51YOM AT HOME WELDING BRIEFLY WITHOUT MASK GOT FLASH BURN RT EYE; FB RUST RING REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
66 YO M FOREIGN BODY/CONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WELDING AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2009Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUS INJURY TO EYE WHILE WELDING%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING WITH NO PROTECTION, HURT EYES. DX CORNEAL ABRASION WITH ULCERAT ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2009Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
75 Y/O M ARC WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES. WAS WELDING WITH OUT EYE GEAR DX: ARC WELDING BURNS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
N/S EYES USING WELDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING TODAY NOT USING EYE SHIELD AT TIME AND DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN TO BOTH EYES WELDERS KERATTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2009Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PATIENT STATES HE WAS WELDING AND GRINDING, FELT A METAL FOREIGN BODY GO INTO EYE. DX-METAL FOREIGN BODY, LT EYE, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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