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Accidents - Welding equipment - 6-15 years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 531
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:356Lower Trunk:68
Hand:60Face:38
All Of Body:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/01/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
STATES WAS WELDING YEST.BILAT EYE PAIN.(HIS UNCLE WAS WELDING.)DX BILAT CORNEAL BURN OU.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Welding equipment, Floors or flooring materials
MOVING A WELDER AND SWEEPING THE FLOOR AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER DX: BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
C/O BURNING EYES AFTER WATCHING SOMEONE WELD NO PROTECTIVE WEAR DX: WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
TEACHER WAS DEMONSTRATING WELDING @ SCHOOL YESTERDAY-LOOKED AT THE LIGH T. ACUTE LT CORNEAL AB@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
15 YOM WAS WELDING AND INCURRED FLASH BURN BOTH EYES. CONJUNCTIVITIS, B IL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING IN SCHOOL INHALED SUBSTANCE THAT HAD CARBON MONXIDE PTWI TH HEADACHE,NAUSEA,VOMITING. DX INHALED WELDING GLUE CONTAINED CARB/M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING IN WELDING CLASS AT SCHOOL AND BURNED EYES. DX: W ELDING BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING IN HIS GARAGE APPROXIMATELY 1000 TODAY AND NOW HAS WELDERS' FLASH, CANNOT OPEN EYES. DX WELDER'S KERATITIS BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
HOT METAL IN L EYE WHILE WORKING WITH METAL CHIPS, WHILE WELDING AT SCH OOL. DX. BURN L LOWER LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT BURNED HAND WITH WELDING TORCH. D: BURN, 2ND DEGREE, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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