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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 271
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 13 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 |
| STANDING A COUPLE OF FEET AWAY FROM SOMEONE WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR, BILATERAL EYE PAIN-RADIATION BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2006 | 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 |
| KERATITIS-FELT PAIN WHILE WELDING-@ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2006 | Age: 8 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 |
| 8YMC IN ROOM WHILE ANOTHER PERSON WAS WELDING AND PUSHED UP PROTECTIVE SHIELD AT TIMES/WELDERS FLASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2006 | 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 |
| PT WATCHING FATHER WELD FOR 3 HOURS, NOT WEARING GLASSES DX: UV KERATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PT SUSTAINED A WELDER'S BURN OF AN EYE BY WELDING AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2006 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Welding equipment |
| PAIN R EYE, POSSIBLE FB, WATCHING FAMILY WELD DX: FB, REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2006 | 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 |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL, WELDING, BURNED HIS EYES DIAGNOSIS; WELDERS' BURNS TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2006 | 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 |
| PATIENT WELDING AT HOME WITH OLDER BROTHER X3 HOURS, KEPT TAKING OFF FA CE SHIELD, LOOKING AROUND, NOW SEVERE EYE PAIN; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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