Accidents - Welding equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 5,242
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	4,610	Finger:	162
Lower Arm:	139	Hand:	88
Ear:	71	Wrist:	69
Neck:	69	Lower Trunk:	29

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/03/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT HAS BURN & METAL SHAVING EMBEDDEDIN R HAND FROM WELDING TOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PERIPHERAL EXPOSURE FROM WELDERS AROUND HIM AT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL BILAT ERAL UV KERATITIS /CONJUNCTIVITS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2004	Age: 25 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
BURNED EYES WHILE USING WELDER UNSURE IF WAS WEARING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING IN CLASS EARLIER TODAY. FLASH BURN BOTH EYES RT & LT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2004	Age: 21 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
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2004	Age: 17 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: Other
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL UV DAMAGE - EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2004	Age: 18 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 WAS WATCHING HIS UNCLE DO WELDING AT HOME, BURNED PTS. EYES. DX-UV KERATITIS, WELDER'S BURN EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 16 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 WEILDING AND TOOK PROTECTIVE GLASSES OFF FOR A SECOND AND INJURE D EYES; ULTRA-VIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 18 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
PT WAS WELDING AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE---REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2004	Age: 20 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 THIS MORNING & DEVELOPED FLASH BURN LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 25 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
25 Y/O W/M RECEIVED WELDING BURNS TO EYES HWEN HELPING FRIEND TO WELD. WAS NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE GLASSES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 20 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
20 Y/O W/M RECEIVED WELDING BURNS TO EYES WHILE WELDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AND BURNED LEFT RING FINGER DX: BURNS LEFT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2004	Age: 16 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 WITH MASK UP, NOW EYES PAINFUL/ UV KERATITIS BIL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2004	Age: 19 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 LAST NIGHT & DEVELOPED IRRITATION EYES. FLASH BURNS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 20 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
"FEELS LIKE SOMETHING FELL IN EYE WHILE WELDING SOMETHING ON CAR AT HOME TODAY" DX: BILAT. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED EYES WHILE USING A WELDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2004	Age: 25 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 HAVING A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG IN L EYE. DX; FOREGIN BODY L EYE WITH REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2004	Age: 19 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 TODAY & DEVELOPED PAIN IN BOTH EYES. BILATERAL FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 18 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, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX FOREIGN BODY TO L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING AT ***, C/O FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES. WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 17 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 HELPING A FRIEND WITH WELDING SOME ?STUFF, LATER C/O OF EYE PAIN SUSTAINED" EYE IRRITATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2004	Age: 24 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 LAST NIGHT AND NOW HAS PAIN IN HIS EYE BURNS TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 20 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 WELDING THIS AFTERNOON W/O EYE PROTECTION. FLASH/WELDING BURN BOTH E YES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2004	Age: 22 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 STATES WAS WELDING WITH NO PROTECTIVE EYE EQUIPMENT, SUSTAINED WELDI NG BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
L EYE FB, WELDING AT SCHOOL DX: CORNEAL ABRASION OS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2004	Age: 16 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
BURNING SENSATION TO EYES AFTER WELDING W/O HOOD DX: CORNEAL ARC WELDER'S BURN OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2004	Age: 16 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,CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION - EYES BURNING AFTER WATCHING A FRIEN D WELD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2004	Age: 22 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-FLASH BURNS FROM WELDING ON A CAR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2004	Age: 25 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
FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EYE SECONDARY TO WELDING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2004	Age: 16 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
BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING, GOT SOMETHING IN EYES DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
18YOMC C/O BURN TO NECK AFTER GAS WELDING WAS WEARING EYE AND VEST PROTECTION/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2004	Age: 25 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 METAL WITH NO GOGGLES, SUSTAINED THERMAL BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 23 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
WHILE USING A WELDING TORCH PT DIDN'T PROTECT EYES DX/WELDING FLASH BURN ( B) EYES E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2004	Age: 25 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.INJ.BIL EYES AT FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN USING A WELDER. DX; FLASH BURN BI L EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2004	Age: 19 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, WAS WELDING , ALSO FELL ASLEEP WITH CONTACTS IN/ UV KERATIT IS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2004	Age: 17 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 BURN TO BOTH EYES AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 17 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
HAS HAD ITCHING AND BURNING IN RT EYE SINCE WELDING YESTERDAY DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 22 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 BURN TO EYES AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 25 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
WATCHING SOMEONE WELD AT HOME NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION DEVELOPED PA IN IN BOTH EYES DX FLASH BURNS BIL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 23 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
UV KERATITIS.PT WAS WELDING AND EYES BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 22 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
PT. HAS CONJUNCTIVITIS - HAS BEEN WELDING - ? CAUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2004	Age: 19 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 WAS WELDING ON A CAR AT HOME, C/O RIGHT RED AND ITTITATED EYE. CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 21 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
AT FRIENDS HOME HELPING WELD CAUSING WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
DX RIGHT THUMB 2ND DEGREE BURNS: BURNED THUMB ON WELDING TORCHAT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Welding equipment
23 YOM STATES WHILE WELDING AT HOME, HOT PIECE OF METAL WENT THROUGH GLOVE AND INTO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 23 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 YESTERDAY W/O SHIELD. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2004	Age: 22 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 WELDING YESTERDAY FOR A QUITE LOGN TIME SUSTAINED '"RT EYE IRRITATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
22 YOM WAS WELDING WHEN PIECE OF METAL GOT IN RIGHT EYE .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
CONJUNTIVITIS;POSSIBLE FLASH BURN/21YOM C/O FB SENSATION AFTER WELDING YESTERDAY AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2004	Age: 18 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 - PATIENT WELDING AT HOME SUSTAINED FLASHBURNS TO BOTH E YES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2004	Age: 22 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
KERATITIS-WELDING W/O PROTECTION FOR EYES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2004	Age: 25 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 ON 7-12 AWOKE WITH PAIN IN BOTH EYES RADIATION BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 19 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
C/O EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME/ UV KERATITIS BIL EY ES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PT USING A WELDER YESTERDAY. WORE TINTED, PLASTIC MASK WHICH CAME OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES. DX: CONJUNCTIVIS EYE, EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	Age: 19 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
19YOM AT HOME USING WELDER EYES BURN DX/ BILATERAL CONJUNCTIVITS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	Age: 21 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 C/O EYE BURNING AFTER WELDING BURN TO BOTH EYES DUE TO WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 21 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 HAS EYE PAIN AFTER HELPING SOMEONE ELSE WELD. NO EYE PROTECTION WORN . D: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2004	Age: 18 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
ULTRA VIOLENT CORNEA BURNS-WELDING W/O PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2004	Age: 19 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
ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.PT WAS USING A TORCH AND HAD A FLASH BURN TO EYES .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS ASSISTING DAD WITH WELDING - WOKE UP WITH BURNING TO EYES. D: BILATERAL CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS / LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2004	Age: 20 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 EXPOSED TO WELDING ARC. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
16YOMC WELDING AND HOT METAL FELL INTO EAR/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2004	Age: 24 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
WAS WELDING LAST NIGHT C/O EYE PAIN DX: BILAT. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 20 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, Eye protection devices
FLASHBURNS EYES - PATIENT REPORTS FLASHBURN TO BOTH EYE WHEN WELDING - WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION - SUSTAINED YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2004	Age: 19 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 YESTERDAY, FLASH BURNS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
22 Y/O W/M RECEIVED WELDING BURN TO FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
KERATITIS-PAIN SINCE WELDING W/O A SHIELD-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
17 YOWM C/O BILAT EYE BURNS FROM WELDING AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2004	Age: 17 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 AFTER WELDING DX. FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT CUT FINGER WELDING AT SCHOOL; FINGER FX., FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED HAND WHEN USING BLOW TORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT IS WELDING STUDENT--EYES WATERING,RED AND BURNING DX WELDING BURN BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PT WELDING AT SCHOOL, WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES, PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO R T EYE. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 17 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 WITH WELDING LIGHT DX ARC WELDING BURNS BILAT EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2004	Age: 21 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 YESTERDAY. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2004	Age: 25 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 TO FIX BIKE. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2004	Age: 23 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 STATES HE WAS WATCHING SOMEONE WELD AND WOKE UP TODAY WITH EYES BURNING (WELDERS BURN)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2004	Age: 16 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 YESTERDAY AT HOME IN THE GARAGE WITHOUT A FACE SHIELD SUSTAI NMED RADIATION BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2004	Age: 24 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, Eye protection devices
BIL CORN ABR. PT WAS WELDING AT HOME AND WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND INJ URED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Welding equipment
TOUCHED ELECTRICAL CHARGE CLAMP ON WELDER AT SCHOOL DX: ELECTRICAL BURN R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 20 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
BILAT. EYE PAIN / WAS WELDING YESTERDAY DX: BILAT. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 18 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
18YOM AT HOME WELDING BURN TO BOTH EYES DX/THERMAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2004	Age: 23 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
23YOM AT HOME USING WELDER/EYES BURNING DX/THERMAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
SECOND DEGREE BURN R WRIST - BURNED WRIST WHEN WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
18 Y/O M INJURED R EYE WHEN FLAKE OF METAL FLEW INTO IT WHILE IN WELDIN G CLASS AT SCHOOL. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2004	Age: 19 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 AND BURNED HIS EYES, PAINFUL. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION SECONDARY TO WELDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILAT EYES BURNING SINCE YESTERDAY AT SCHOOL LOOKING AT WELDERS DX: FLASH BURN OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2004	Age: 21 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 YESTERDAY WITHOUT SHIELD. DX: FLASH BURNS BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2004	Age: 25 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, EYES HURT DX: ARC WELDING KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Tarpaulins
22 YOM WAS WELDING AT HOME AND DROP CLOTH CAUGHT ON FIRE BURNED RT.HAN D TRYING TO PUT OUT FIRE. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	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 WITH FATHER AT HOME WITHOUT WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR SUSTAINED RADIATION BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYES BURNING FROM WELDING AT SCHOOL. DX ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
INJURY TO RIGHT EYE - PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO EYE WHILE WELDING TODAY. D: RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2004	Age: 16 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 WITHOUT A MASK BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
REDNESS/PAIN R EYE, WELDING DX: WELDER'S KERITITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 21 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 BURNED FOREARM WHILE WELDING 5 DAYS PRIOR, NOW ARM WITH ABSCESS. DX L FOREARM CELLULITIS- PRIOR WELDING BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDER'S BURNS BOTH EYES; STATES WAS WEARING GOGGLES, WELDING ON HIS TR AILER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2004	Age: 22 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, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
WAS WELDING AND USED A GRINDER WITHOUT GOOGLES, NOW HAS YELLOWSPOTS IN VISION. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2004	Age: 25 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 BOTH EYES - PATIENT REPORTS WELDING LAST NIGHT WITHOUT EYE PR OTECTION - TODAY BOTH EYES ARE RED WITH PHOTOPHOBIA - EYES BURNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2004	Age: 22 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, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
22 YO M USING WELDER HAD SPARKS TO GE INTO EYE CAUSINGTO BURN BURN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2004	Age: 16 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
16YOM WELDERS FLASH TO EYE AT HOME DX CORNEAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AT HOME AND GOT METAL IN EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2004	Age: 25 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 BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 20 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 DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2004	Age: 21 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
SPARK FLEW IN EYE WHILE WELDING CORNEAL ABRASION / FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Welding equipment, Day wear
PT WAS WELDING & MOLTEN METAL FELL ON COVERALLS. DX: FIRST DEG BURN ABDOMINAL WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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