Accidents - Welding equipment - 16-25 years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,674
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	3,307	Lower Leg:	94
Lower Arm:	70	Finger:	70
Shoulder:	69	Face:	46
Hand:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2009	Age: 23 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
23 YOM, CONJUNCTIVITIS, WAS WELDING AND NOW HAS EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2009	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 WELDERRS FLASH BLURRED VISION AFTER WELDING AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2009	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, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
17YOM WAS WELDING WHILE WEARING FULL WELDING MASK, THINKS LIGHT SENSITI VE EYE SHIELD DID NOT ACTIVATE APPROPRIATELY; FLASHBURN OF EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2009	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
16 Y/O M WAS WELDING IN CLASS 3 DAY'S AGO AT SCHOOL -WEARING PROTECTION DX: FLASH BURN BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2009	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 AT HOME USING A WELDER EYES BURNING/ DX WELDERS FLASH BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2009	Age: 23 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
23YOM WAS WELDING WITHOUT SAFETY GLASSESULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2009	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, Hammers
16YOM IN SHOP CLASS WELDING & HELPING ANOTHER STUDENT HAMMER HOT METAL, TOOK EYE SHEILD OFF & METAL WENT IN EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION, EYELID BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2009	Age: 19 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
19YOM WAS HELPING HIS FRIEND WELD LAST PM AND WOKE UP WITH HEADACHE AND BLURRED VISION.DX: UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	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
^25YOM WELDER'S FLASH TO BOTH EYES WELDING A MUFFLER ONTO A CAR NO EYE PROTECTION ON*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2009	Age: 25 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
25YO HISP MALE C/O EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING AT HOME DX UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2009	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
24 YOM PRESENTED TO ER WITH EYE PROBLEMS WHILE WELDING PT LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN DX ABRASION TO THE EYEBALL
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/10/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
18YOM WAS WELDING LAST NIGHT AND THINKS HE HAS METAL IN HIS EYE C/O EYE S BURNING AND WATERY. DX:ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS,SUSPECTED GLAUCOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	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
PHOTO KERATITIS/22YOF STS AT FRIENDS HOUSE YEST., WAS HELPING FRIEND WE LD, HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON.AT 3P YEST.FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2009	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 AT UNSTATED LOCALE HAD BEEN WELDING NOW BILATERAL EYE PAIN/ DX WELDERS FLASH BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2009	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED L MIDDLE FINGER WHILE WELDING @ *** TODAYDX 2ND DEGREE THERMAL BURN/L 3RD DORSUN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2009	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
22 YOM INJURED BILATERAL EYES FROM WELDING, A STUDENT, NOT EMPLOYED. DX-UV KERRATITIS, EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	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
WELDING AND SOMETHING IN EYE. DX FOREIGN BODY IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 21 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
21 YO HM HAS FLASH BURN TO THE EYE WHILE WELDING AT HOMEFLASH BURN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 18 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
18 YO NAM HAS EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING AT HOMEFLASH BURN AND EYEPAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2009	Age: 23 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
FOREIGN BODY TO EYELID WHILE WELDING FB EYELID *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2009	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 WELDING FLASHBURNS TO EYES - WAS NOT WEARING FACE SHIELD THIS EVENING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2009	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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A WELDER WITH OUT PROPER EYE WEAR CAUISNG WELDERS BURN TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Welding equipment
HAND CRUSH INJURY-4-5# PIECE OF METAL FELL ON HAND IN WELDING CLASS-@ S CHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 21 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 ARC BURN-PAIN SINCE WELDING-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2009	Age: 23 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
PT. WAS WELDING THURSDAY, SEEN AT URGENT CARE YESTERDAY AM , WORSE NOW DX: CORNEAL ABRASIONS R & L KERATITIS? INITIS BILATERAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2009	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
PAIN AND BURNING TO EYES AFTER WATCHING HUSBAND WELD AT HOME ULTRAVIOL ET KERATITIS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 21 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 WITH EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING WITH A FAULTY WELDING HELMET. DX:UV KERA TITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2009	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT DX PAIN IN OR AROUND EYE - DUE TO WELDING ARC EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AN EMPTY GAS TANK ON MOTORCYCLE WHEN IT IGNITED. FD NS. DX: FIRST/SECOND DEG BURN FACE & CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/29/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
C/O FLASH BURNS AFTER WELDING LAST NIGHT. STATES HE WAS WEARING HELMET WAS ALSO FIGHTING FIRE ON SAT. FLASH BURNS EYES BILA,UNSURE OF FD ATTE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
EYE INJURY-AFTER WELDING W/O A SHIELD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 20 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
PT DX LT CORNEAL ABRASION - WHILE WELDING YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2009	Age: 24 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
WELDER'S FLASH IN BOTH EYES-DIDN'T WEAR HOOD ON HELMUT WHILE WELDING DX WELDERS FLASH/CORNEAL ABRASION BILATERAL *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. INJ.RT.SHOULDER AT HOME WHEN LIFTING A WELDER INTO BACK OF HIS TRUCK & FELT POP. DX; RT.SHOULDER DISLOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2009	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
PT GOT WELDERS FLASH TO EYES WHILE WELDING DX: FLASH BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	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 AND BURNS TO EYE. DX WELDERS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	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
WAS WELDING IN GARAGE AND BURNED EYE BURNED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	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
C/O LEFT EYE PAIN ONSET TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER WELDING WITHOUT A MASK. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION TO LEFT EYE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	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 YESTERDAY WITHOUT GOGGLES AND NOW EYE HURT DX: CONUUNCTIVITIS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2009	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
GOT HIT IN EYE WITH METAL WHILE WELDING DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	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
24 Y/O HAD WELDING BURNS, WELDED ABOUT 40 SEC. WITH OUT EYE PROTECTION. DX-WELDING BURNS EYE, KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FB TO R EYE, PT STATES WELDING ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION. FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS DOING SOME WELDING FOR FUN WEARING CLEAR GLASSES & WELDING SHIELD, DEVELOPED PAIN TO EYES. DX - ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Day wear
PT WAS IN WELDING CLASS WHEN A SPARK HIT HIS JEANS AND THEY STARTED ON FIRE DX:2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURN RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	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
BURNED EYSES WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2009	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 SOMETHING AT HOME, WAS NOT WEARING SHIELD. DX WELDERS BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2009	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 WELDING AT HOME AND INJURED EYES DX// TRAUMATIC IRISITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2009	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
PT WAS SPOT WELDING AT HOME WITH OUT PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR, CAUSING WELDERS BURN TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2009	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
21YOM WAS WELDING AT 4PM TODAY AT HOME WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, STARTED TO SEE YELLOW/RED DISCOLORATION IN VISION;CHEMICAL CORNEAL ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2009	Age: 20 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 AT HOME USING A WELDER EYES NOW RED AND SORE/ DX WELDERS FLASH R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2009	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
PATIENT WAS WELDING AT HOME - SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED DISCOMFORT IN LEFT EYE. CORNEAL ABRASION, LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2009	Age: 20 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
PT STATES WAS IN WELDING CLASS AT COLLEGE TODAY AND GOT A PIECE OF META L IN HIS LEFT EYE DX FOREIGN BODY EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2009	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
20Y/O,M,RED EYES & PAIN SINCE WELDING,WELDER'S FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Day wear
CALF BURN-PANTS CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE WELDING-@ HOME-NO FD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2009	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
R EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING AT SCHOOL DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2009	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 C/O BILATERAL EYE PAIN, PT WELDING YESTERDAY. WELDERS KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	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: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AROUND LUNCH TIME AND THEN TOOK A NAP WHEN AWOKE SEVERE EYE PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/04/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Day wear
LOWER LEG BURN-CAUGHT PANTS ON FIRE WHILE IN WELDING CLASS-@ SCHOOL-NO FD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
25YOM WAS WELDING AT HOME,LIFTED SHIELD SEVERAL SPARKS FLEW STRUCK BOTH EYES;WELDERS BURN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2009	Age: 17 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 AT METAL FLEW IN EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED WHILE WELDING/ 2ND DEGREE BURN RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2009	Age: 20 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
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS WELDING IN GARAGE AND INJURED EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2009	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
DOING UNPROTECTIVE WELDING AT HOME, HAS ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2009	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 BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2009	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 YOM HAS PAIN IN BOTH EYES AFTER WELDINGPHOTOKERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2009	Age: 17 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
WELDING ON HIS CAR NO EYE PROTECTIVE GLASSES FLASH BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2009	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
19 Y/O C/O EYE PAIN HAD BEEN WELDING WITH EYE PROTECTION. DX-BURNED EYES, PHOTOPERATITIS..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2009	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 YESTERDAY AWOKE WITH EYE PAIN DX// BILAT EYE WELDERS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2009	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
UV KERITITIS.PT WAS WELDING HIS TRUCK AND INJURED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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