Accidents - Welding equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2007 - Eyeball

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Date: 12/29/2007	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, NOW EYES BURNING DX; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2007	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
PATIENT STATES WELDING AT HOME AND BURNED EYES. DX; ABRASION TO CORNE A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 16 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 IN WELDING CLASS AT SCHOOL, TOOK SAFETY GOGGLES OFF, SET DOWN T ORCH & SHARD OF HOT METAL FLEW IN EYE; EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2007	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, Snowmobiles
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE WELDING ON SNOWMOBILE EYES BURNING/ DX WELDERS FLASH BOTH CORNEAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2007	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, BOTH EYES ARE BURNING. DX; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2007	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 ARC EXPOSURE ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2007	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
BURNED EYES WHILE USING A WELDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2007	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
CONJUNCTIVITIS OF BILATERAL EYES - WATCHING SOMEONE WELD YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2007	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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FB;L CORNEAL ABRAS/25YOM WAS WELDING AT HOME AND A PIECE OF METAL GOT I NTO L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2007	Age: 17 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
WELDING AT SCHOOL, GOT SOMETHING IN R EYE DX; FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 16 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 - 16 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH BILATERAL EYE PAIN - ABRUPT O NSET - HAD BEEN WATCHING BROTHER WELDING EARLIER IN THE DAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	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, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FOREIGN BODY TO EYE, RESOLVED. PT COMPLAIN OF FB SENSATION TO EYE AFTER GRINDING/WELDING TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2007	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 AT SCHOOL DX; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2007	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
18 Y/O MALE INJURED EYES WHEN WELDING AT HOME. DX: WELDING FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2007	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 DOING SOME WELDING LAST NIGHT AND WAS EXPOSED TO UV LIGHT FROM WELDING ARC DX: WELDERS BURN BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	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 FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	Age: 16 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
L EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX; FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2007	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, Eye protection devices
ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS: WELDING YESTERDAY AT HOME, HAD SAFETY GOGGLES, WOKE UP WITH FLASH BURNS, B/L EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2007	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 BURN EYE WHILE WELDING ON PRIVATE VEHICLE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2007	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 WITH EYE PAIN FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Motor vehicles or parts
21 YO M WELDERS FLASH WELDING UNDER FRIENDS CAR *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2007	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
HAS SHARP PAIN TO BOTH EYES HAS BEEN WELDING AT SCHOOL WEARS PROTECTIV E EYE WARE DX-WELDING BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2007	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
HELPING WELD WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION DX UV BURN TO EYE, WELDING INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 19 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 W FACE SHIELD EYE PAIN WITH WIND DX CONJUCTIVITIES FOREIGN BODY R L EYE, RESOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2007	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
WELDERS FLASH FROM WELDING WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2007	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
PT STATES EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING WELDERS BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2007	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
WELDING TODAY AND LATER TONIGHT EYES WERE BURNING; WELDING BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2007	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
FLASH BURN/19YOM RELATED GETTING FLASH BURN FROM WELDING TODAY AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2007	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, Pipes
WELDING & PIPE CAME DOWN & HIT PT DX RUPTURED GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/14/2007	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
PATIENT WAS HELPING FRIEND WELD-NO EYE PROTECTION-WELDING BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WATCHING SOMEBODY WELDING, NOW C B/L EYE PAIN&IRRITATION >> CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2007	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
WELDING AT SCHOOL AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2007	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 ALL DAY WELDING BURN PD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	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
PT STATES EYEPAIN AFTER WELDING WELDING ARC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	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
PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC EYE PAIN AFTER WATCHING FATHER-IN-LAW WELDING. DX-EYE PAIN, PHOTOKERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2007	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 WELDING & REMOVED MASK, & WAS EXPOSED TO UV LIGHT DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	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 C/LO BILAT EYE PAIN, PT WAS WELDING AT HOME, LIFTED FACE SHIELD AND TORCH FLASHED. DX. BILAT ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT HAVING TRAUMATIC EYE PAIN, WAS WELDING NOW UNABLE TO OPEN EYES. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2007	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
BURN TO EYES AFTER WELDING AT FRIENDS HOUSE CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE-DOING WELDING WORK-PIECE OF METAL SCRATCHED E YE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	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 HAS ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS TO BOTH EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2007	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, Eye protection devices
PT WAS WELDING WHILE WEARING SUNGLASSES. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	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
BURN TO EYES WHILE WELDING AT HOME ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
AROUND SOMEONE WELDING, FEELS LIKE SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE, HAS HAD EYE PAIN SINCE DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2007	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 STATES EYE PAIN USING WELDER AT HOME MILD THERMAL BURN EYE - CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2007	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
WELDING BURN TO EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2007	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, Eye protection devices
WELDER'S BURN R EYE;WELDING @ HOME LAST PM, HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON MOST OF TIME BUT REMOVED FOR A FEW SPOTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2007	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 FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	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 WAS WELDING LAST NIGHT WITH NO EYE PROTECTION - BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	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 STS WELDING,NOT WEARING GOGGLES,C/O FEELS METAL IN EYES,C/O EYE PAIN DX BILATERAL CORNEAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2007	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING EYE PAIN ULTRAVIOLET KESATIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2007	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME INJURED EYES DX// BILAT ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2007	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
BURNING LT EYE PAIN WHILE WELDING/ UV KERATITIS LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2007	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
PATIENT BURNED EYES WELDING. DX; WELDING BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	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
PAIN AFTER WELDING/FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	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
WELDERS KERATITIS BILATERAL EYES.PT WAS WELDING UNDER A CAR WITHOUT PRO TECTION AND INJURED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2007	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 protection devices
BURNS TO BOTH EYES 2 DEG WELDING IN HIS YARD AND GLASSES FELL OFF. DX. WELDING BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2007	Age: 16 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 GOT FB IN EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING W/ MASK ON BUT HAS EYE PAIN TO BOTH EYES, DX CORNEAL ABRASION,WELDER KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2007	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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Horseshoes
PT WAS WELDING A HORSESHOE AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE DX: METALLIC FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2007	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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
17 YO M- IN WELDING CLASS AT SCHOOL-GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE- FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2007	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
PT HELPING WELD AT SCHOOL STATES EYE PAIN WELDING BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 25 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
PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC EYE PAIN, WELDING TODAY WITHOUT A MASK. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION, CORNEAL EDEMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
DX LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY: WELDING AT HOME, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A WELDER, CAUSING EYE PAIN, WELDING INJURY BILATERAL EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2007	Age: 17 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
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX: WELDER'S BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	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 HAS WELDING ARC EXPOSURE FROM SCHOOL DX: BILATERAL EYE PAIN FROM WELDING ARC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2007	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 WELDING AT HOME; WELDING BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2007	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
ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS: AT HOME WELDING ABOUT 3 HOURS AGO, NO EYE PROTECTION PER PATIENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2007	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, Contact lenses
C/O BURNING PAIN IN EYES, WAS WELDING TODAY, WAS WEARING CONTACT LENS/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2007	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN EYES - 21 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH SEVERE EYE PAIN - UNABLE TO O PEN EYELIDS SEVERAL HOURS AFTER OBSERVING A FRIEND USE ARC WELDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2007	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
HAS BEEN AROUND A WELDER WITH NO PROTECTIVE EYE EQUIPMENT NOT LOOKING D IRECTLY AT WELDER FEELS LIKE GLASS IN EYES DX-ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	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
PT WAS WELDING WITHOUT A MASK ON AND DEVELOPED RADIATION BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	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 STS RECEIVED WELDING FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES,C/O PAIN,RED EYES, BLURRY VISION, DX UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2007	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
WELDER'S FLASH WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2007	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
PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC EYE PAIN, WELDING BURNS TO EYES. DX-FLASH BURNS TO EYES, PHOTOKERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2007	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
PATIENT HURT WHILE WELDING IN SCHOOL'S SHOP DX: FLESH RADIATION BURNS FROM WELDING TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2007	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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
24 YO M FOREIGN BODY R EYE. PT DOES WELDING*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2007	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
EXPOSED TO WELDING FLASH/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2007	Age: 20 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
PT GOT FB IN LT EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2007	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 STS WELDING EARLIER,WELDING EXPOSURE TO EYES,RED & TEARING, BLURRY VISION, DX KERATITIS 2ND TO WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2007	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
18 YO M WELDERS FLASH WELDING WITHOUT A SHADE NOW HAS BURNING /PAIN TO EYES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2007	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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHILE WELDING. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EYE ON IRIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2007	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
18 Y/O M INJURED BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING AT HOME. DX; ULTRA VIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2007	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
23 YOM WELDING - BURNS TO BOTH UNPROTECTED EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2007	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 HAS HAD EYE PX SINCE WELDING. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2007	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: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
25 YO M METALIC FOREIGN BODY WITH RUST RING L EYE INJURED WHILE WELDING *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2007	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
WELDER'S BURNS BOTH EYES; DID NOT USE EYE PROTECTION ALL THE TIME WHEN WELDING @ SCHOOL YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2007	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
PT WAS WELDING WITHOUT WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR RADIATION BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2007	Age: 22 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
PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WELDING DX: FB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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