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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 635
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/25/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment, Day wear |
| 27YOM WELDING AT HOME AND SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE THERMAL BURNS TO CHEST NS IF FD ON SCENE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN AFTER PICKING UP HIS WELDING TOOL. CHEST WALL PAIN* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT BURNED BACK WHILE WELDING LAST WEEK. DX: HEALING BURN L MID BACK, CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| CHEST CONGESTION, COUGH. DOES A LOT OF WELDING. DX: BRONCHITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| BACK STRAIN, AT SCHOOL WELDING, FLIPPED HOOD DOWN, HAD SUDDEN SHARP PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| R SIDE STRAIN/PAIN; WELDING THIS AM, WENT TO STAND UO & SHARP PAIN NOTE D |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT. WAS WELDING AT 4:30 PM AND DEVELOPED SUDDEN ONSET CP. DX. ACUTE AN TERIOR MI |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/07/2001 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2000 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/1999 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/1999 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/1999 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Welding equipment, Fuel storage tanks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/1997 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Welding equipment, Pipes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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