Accidents - Welding equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2008 - Face

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 88
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, All-terrain vehicles
PT STATES WAS WELDING ON A FOUR-WHEELER YESTERDAY AT HOME HAS POSSIBLE PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE DX FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL OF RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2008	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: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
DX LWBS: FLASH BURNS TO EYES AS PT WAS EXPOSED TO WELDING PROCESS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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