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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 456
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/20/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Electric welding equipment |
| WORKING AT HOME USING HIS ARC WELDER,GOT A SHOCK ON LT. 5TH FINGER, NO LOC, NO DARK URINE. +S.O.B. DX. ELECTRIC SHOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Electric welding equipment |
| WELDER'S BURNS BOTH EYES; IN AREA OF WELDING YESTERDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Electric welding equipment |
| PT WAS ELECTRIC ARC WELDING AT HOME TODAY. DX: UV KERATITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Electric welding equipment |
| WELDERS BURNS BOTH EYES; STSEAS WAS WELDING EARLIER TODAY ( NO MENTION OF EYE PROTECTION) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Electric welding equipment |
| PT WAS WELDING, AT THIS TIME HE WAS SWEATING. HE PICKED UP A WELDER TO MOVE IT WHEN HE RECIEVED AND ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Industrial | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric welding equipment |
| 27 YOMC WELDING A RACE CAR , EYES UNPROTECTED, WOKE UP WITH EYE PAIN.NO T WORK-RELATED/ARC EYES, ELECTRIC WELDING EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Electric welding equipment |
| WAS WELDING RECIEVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Electric welding equipment |
| IRRITATION BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING AT FATHERS.. DIAGNOSIS WAS PHOTODERMATITIS BOTH EYES. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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