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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 158
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 04/27/2008 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Cutting torches, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HAD A FOREIGN BODY LODGED IN AN EYE WHILE USING A CUTTING TORCH TO C UT A DUMPSTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | 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: Cutting torches |
| PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE TORCHING STEEL INJ BOTH EYES/ DX CORNEAL FLASH BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | 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: Cutting torches |
| PT SUST CORNEAL ABRASION USING BLOW TORCH# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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