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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 433
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT WELDING METAL IN CLASS TODAY & EYES BURNING SINCE. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PATIENT WAS WELDING AT SCHOOL AND HIS EYES BECAME RED. DX-BIL. CORNEAL WELDING BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2004 | Age: 15 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 W/O HOOD, BURN TO EYES DX: OPTHALMIC BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2004 | Age: 15 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 |
| R EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING ON FRIDAY DX CORNEAL ABRASION / FOREIGN BODY IN CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2004 | Age: 14 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 |
| C/O EYES HURTING SINCE LAST NIGHT, EXPOSED TO WELDING ARC LAST PM AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, BLURRY VISION, PHOTOPHOBIA, TEARING; CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2004 | Age: 12 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. HAD BEEN WELDING AT HOME, HAS BURNS TO EYES WELDER'S BURNS EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2004 | Age: 15 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 |
| EYE PAIN AFTER CUTTING AND WELDING X 1 WEEK DX: KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2004 | Age: 15 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 |
| FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING AT SCHOOL. DX; UV KERATITIS B OTH EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| EYE IRRITATION-SINCE WELDING IN SCHOOL-2 DAYS PTA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2004 | Age: 13 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 |
| PT. WAS USING A WELDER AT SCHOOL WHEN HIS EYES STARTING BURNING, RESULTING IN WELDING BURN TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| 14 YO BM - ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS - GLARED LESS THAN A SECOND AT WELDER' S LIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2004 | Age: 15 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 |
| KERATITIS-SINCE WELDING W/O SAFETY GOGGLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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