Accidents - Welding equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2005 - Eyeball

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Date: 12/20/2005	Age: 22 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
INJURIED EYE WELDING, " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2005	Age: 18 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 CHEEK PROTECTOR. ULTRAL VIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2005	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
WELDER'S BURNS BOTH EYES; STATES WAS WELDING TODAY WITH SHIELD, NOW INCREASING PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2005	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
FLASH BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2005	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
PT WAS USING A WELDER THE DAY BEFORE AND NOW HAS EYE PAIN/ BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2005	Age: 17 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
17 YOM WELDERS FLASH FROM WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2005	Age: 18 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
WELDER'S BURNS BOTH EYES; STATES WAS (BYSTANDER) NEAR WELDING YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2005	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 Y/O M INJURED BOTH EYES WHILE WATCHING OTHER STUDENT WELD IN SCHOOL. DX; UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2005	Age: 22 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 STATES HE BURNED HIS EYES FROM WELDING MILD CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2005	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
WELDER'S BURNS BOTH EYES; EXPOSED TO WELDING THIS AM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2005	Age: 18 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
PT WATCHING AND HELPING DAD WELD AND GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE DX: CORNEAL FB L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2005	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
ULTRA VIOLET CORNEA BURNS-FLASH BURNS WHILE WELDING-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2005	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
19 Y/O M INJURED BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING AT HOME. DX; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 24 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 BILATERAL EYES - FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IN EYES AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2005	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
PT WAS WELDING AT HOME TODAY WITHOUT WEARING ANY EYE PROTECTION AND DEV ELOPED RADIATION BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2005	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
BIRMED EYES WHILE WELDING DX BURN BOTH EYES, 1ST DEGREE BURN TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2005	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
FLASH BURN EYES - PATIENT COMPLAINS OF BILATERAL EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING AT HOME THIS MORNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2005	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
PT WAS NEAR BROTHER WHO WAS WELDING. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2005	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
LOOKED AT WELDER ARC TODAY AT SCHOOL. UV KERATIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2005	Age: 19 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
BILAT EYE PAIN, BURNING, WELDING TODAY DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2005	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
BILATERAL CORNEAL FLASH BURNS.PT WAS WELDING IN GARAGE AND BURNED EYES .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2005	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 WITHOUT A HOOD, NOW HAS BURNS TO EYES DIAGNOSIS; WELDER'S BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING TODAY AT SCHOOL WITH EYES BURNING AND HURTING. DX-EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2005	Age: 16 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
WAS WELDING AT SCHOOL. LIFTED GOGGLES AND LOOKED AT OTHER WELDERS. ULT RAVIOLET CORNEAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT LOOKED DIRECTLY INTO WELDER ARC DURING AUTO BODY CLASS YESTERDA Y, NOW EYES DRY, PAIN, TEARING; THERMAL CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	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 (BURNS) INJURY BOTH EYES; STATES WAS WEARING HOOD, WELDING THIS AM, NOW NOTES "HALO" AROUND VISION, FB SENSATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	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
WELDING FLASH, HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY/ UV KERATITIS BIL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	Age: 25 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
LT CORNEAL AB-WHILE CHIPPING METAL WHILE WELDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2005	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 BURNS TO EYES FROM WELDING WITHOUT MASK, DX; WELDING BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 16 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
LT EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2005	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
PT HAS HAD EYE PX SINCE WELDING. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
19 YO - DX: UV KERATITIS - ASSISTING UNCLE WELD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 22 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
PATIENT BURNED EYES WELDING. DX: WELDING BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2005	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
SELDER'S FLASH, WELDING VISION PROBLEM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2005	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
KERATITIS - 21 YOM STATES HE WAS WELDING WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION, C/O BI LATERAL EYE BURNING SENSATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 19 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
WELDER'S FLASH BOTH EYES: WELDING ALL DAY AT HOME, BILATERAL EYES BURNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2005	Age: 18 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
WATCHING SOMEONE WELD TODAY. WELDERS FLASH, BURN LT CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2005	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 IS BEING SEEN FOR WELDING BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/11/2005	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
C/O EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING/ FLASH WELDING BURNS BIL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2005	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
FLASHBURN EYE - PATIENT REPORTS WELDING AT HOME WITHOUT SAFETY GOGGLES - COMPLAINS OF BILATERAL EYE BURNING AND PHOTOPHOBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2005	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
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING AT HOME YESTERDAY-ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2005	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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WITH TWO WEEKS OF FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN EYE SINCE WELDING. D: EY E FOREIGN BODY, CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2005	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
BIL. KERATITIS-PAIN SINCE WELDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2005	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
BIL. WELDING BURNS TO EYE-WELDING W/O A SHIELD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	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 WAS WELDING YESTERDAY. ACUTE FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2005	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
16YOM-WELDER'S FLASH-WELDING TODAY WAS NOT WEARING SHIELD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2005	Age: 24 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. BILATERAL FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2005	Age: 16 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 INJURY FROM WELDING CHEMICAL CONJUCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2005	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
WELDING WITH OUT EYE PROTECTION. CORNEAL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	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
WELDING WITHOUT FACE SHIELD. BILATERAL WELDERS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2005	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
24 YOM GOT WELDERS FLASH WELDING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2005	Age: 24 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
PT SUSTAINED A WELDER'S BURN OF THE EYE FROM WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2005	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
WAS WELDING, C/O BURNS TO EYES, DX; WELDING BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2005	Age: 18 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 BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING TODAY. WAS NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR. D: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2005	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
PT WAS WORKING ON CAR IN GARAGE AND WELDING AND FOREIGN MATERIAL FLEW INTO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2005	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
PT AT UNKNOWN LOCALE WAS WELDING POSS FB IN BOTH EYES DXWELDING FLASH BURN OF CONJUNCTION CORNEAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2005	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
WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES , WAS WELDING YESTERDAY/ BIL WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	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 EXPOSURE TO WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2005	Age: 17 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 ON TRUCK 1 HOUR AGO WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION, NOW C/O SEVERE E YE PAIN, FLASH BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2005	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING TODAY, WASN'T USING PROTECTIVE GOOGLES, SUSTAINED " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2005	Age: 23 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
BILATERAL FLASHBURNS - AWOKE WITH IRRITATED EYES AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2005	Age: 18 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
WATCHED WELDING WITH NO EYE GEAR DX WELDING BURNS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2005	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
KERATITIS-WELDING-@ HOME-W/ OLD WELDING SHIELD ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	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
WELDER'S KERATITIS-WELDING W/O A HELMET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 17 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 AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 24 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
SOLAR OR WELDER'S BURN: HELPING FRIEND WELD, STATES DID NOT HAVE MASK AT PROPER SETTING, IRRITATION BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2005	Age: 18 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 RT EYE AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2005	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
WELDING BURN TO BILATERAL EYES AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2005	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING YESTERDAY FOR 1 1/2 HOURS W/ NO WELDING MASK, NOW BOTH EYES SHUT AND BURNING DX: UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2005	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
24 YOM HAS WELDERS FLASH FROM WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2005	Age: 24 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
WELDING TODAY, PAIN TO EYES DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2005	Age: 17 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 FLASH TO EYES, STARTED LAST NIGHT/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2005	Age: 23 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
PT C/O OF EYE PAIN THAT DEVELOPED AFTER EXPOSURE TO THE WELDING LIGHT W HILE WELD, DESPITE USING THE PROTECTIVE GEARS SUSTAINED" EYE PAIN/BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2005	Age: 18 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
BURNED EYES WELDING, HAD ON GOGGLES DX WELDING EYE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2005	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
WELDING AT HOME YESTERDAY, NOT USING WELDING SHIELD, C/O EYE PAIN/ BIL UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2005	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
UV KERATITIS.PT WAS WELDING AND INJURED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2005	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 WELDING AND GOT FLASH BURNS C/O PAIN REDNESS AND PHOTOPHOBIA FLASH B URNS BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2005	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, Eye protection devices
WELDING AT SCHOOL, WEARING HOOD, EYE IRRITATION BEGAN, GOT WORSE SO CAM E TO ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2005	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
C/O EYE PAIN AND LOW BACK PAIN, WELDING TODAY, LOW BACK PAIN SINCE PUSH ING TRUCK WHEN STUCK/ WELDERS FLASH, LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2005	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
PT WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR AND WELDING WITHOUT GLASSES AND NOW HAS EYE A ND FACE PAIN/ BURNS TO EYES AND FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2005	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 INJURIED EYE, CAN'T SEE WHILE WELDING SUSTAINED " KERATITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2005	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
WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES, C/O PAIN, DX; FLASH BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUS BURN TO EYE FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 21 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 WATCHING FRIEND WELD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2005	Age: 24 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
EYE PAIN AFTER BEING AROUND WELDING AT SCHOOL DX. FLASH BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2005	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
BILATERAL EYE WELDER BURNS-WELDING W/O PROTECTION-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
CORNEAL ABRASION R EYEBALL, PT STS WEARING CONTACT LENSES, EXPOSED TO METAL DEBRIS WHILE WELDING, C/O REDNESS, TEARING, VISION INTACT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2005	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
18YMC C/O EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING HAD EYE WEAR ON BUT NOT ULTRAVIOLET PROTECTION/ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2005	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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
STATES HE WAS USING WELDER AND SOMETHING FLEW IN HIS EYE DX F.O.B. RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2005	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
PT. BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2005	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 WELDING YESTERDAY WITHOUT GOGGLES. NOW WITH EYE PAIN. D: ULTRAVIOLET EYE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2005	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
PT AT HOME WELDING EYES RED AND PAINFUL DX WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2005	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
PT.INJ.BIL EYES AT HOME WHEN USING A WELDER,WAS NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE EYE GEAR. DX; FLASH BURN BIL EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2005	Age: 17 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
WELDING ARCH EXPOSURE. BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2005	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
PT WAS WELDING YESTERDAY AT SCHOOL. DX: BILAT FLASH BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
18YMC WELDING WITH ONLY SUNGLASSES ON/WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2005	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
PT. HAS BURNS TO HIS EYES FROM WELDING N/S WHERE THIS HAPPENED. DX. WELDER'S BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2005	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 WAS WELDING THIS AM, GOT FLASH IN EYES. UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILAT EYE PAIN, WELDING AT SCHOOL DX; ULTRA VIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2005	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
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2005	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
SCRAPY FEELING IN EYES 3 HOURS AFTER WELDING. ACUTE BILATERAL ULTRAVIOL ET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS, WATCHING WELDING FOR 30 MINUTES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2005	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
PATIENT WAS IN WELDING CLASS AT SCHOOL USING A WELDER, THOUGHT HIS EYES WERE BURNED DUE TO WELDING. DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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