Accidents - Soldering equipment - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,211
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	75
Year 1999:	221
Year 2000:	116
Year 2001:	211
Year 2002:	198
Year 2003:	228
Year 2004:	135
Year 2005:	182
Year 2006:	135
Year 2007:	205
Year 2008:	301
Year 2009:	62
Year 2010:	135

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	128
6-15 years old:	60
16-25 years old:	420
26-50 years old:	1,248
50+ years old:	353

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/24/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
38YOM USING A SOLDERING TOOL ACCIDENTLY GOT SOLDER IN RT EYE; ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Soldering equipment
16YO M; PT RECEIVED WELDER BURNS TO EYES: DX: EYE BURNS#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Soldering equipment
UNEMPLOYED PT C/O OF EYE PAIN/DISCHARGE X 4-5 DAYS. DOES ELECTRICAL WOR K & THINKS SOLDER MATERIAL GOT IN EYE. DX:CONJUNCTIVITIS, POSS ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
SOLDERING METAL PLUMBING CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
45YO WHITE FEMALE AT HOME WORKING W/ SAUTERING IRON,C/O PX-REDNESS TO BOTH EYES, DX R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
PT SOLDERING AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE DX// CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
MAY HAVE GOTTEN SOLDER IN EYE/ CORNEAL BURN, LID BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment
INJURY TO RIGHT EYE, IRON FLAKES FROM WELDING. DX- FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment
PT USING SOLDERING EQUIPMENT AT TRADE SCHOOL WHEN GOT SOLDER IN EYE. D: FOREIGN BODY AND ABRASION, CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 18 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
L CORNEAL ABRASION: SOLDERING ONE WEEK AGO W/O SAFETY GLASSES, LT EYE PAIN, PT IS UNEMPLOYED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment
PT WAS SOLDERING AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE 2 DAYS AGO. DX: R EYE FB W/RESIDUAL MATERIAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment, Wire
SOLDERING WIRES TOGETHER WHEN A PIECE FLEW INTO EYE " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
CORNEAL BURN-SOLDERING COPPER-DEBRIS HIT EYE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2006	Age: 38 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, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
PT SOLDERING WHEN MOLTEN SOLDER SPLASHED INTO EYE. D: CORNEAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
21 YOM WAS SOLDERING YESTERDAY AND GOT SOLDER IRON IN RIGHT EYE CAUSING ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Soldering equipment, Manual cleaning equipment
SAUDERING FLUX (USED IN SOLDERING) WAS ON BRUSH & FLICKED IN EYE. CHEMI CAL CONJUNCTIVITIS & RT EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Soldering equipment
CHEMICAL INJURY TO CORNEA-GOT "LIQUID SOLDERING FLUX" IN EYE WHILE DOIN G PLUMBING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
DOING SOME SOLDERING AND FELT A METAL SHAVING SHOOT INTO EYE CORNEAL AB RASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Soldering equipment
WAS INJURED WHILE SOLDERING AT HOME. ARC BURN TO BOTH EYES. NO FIRE; NO FIRE DEPARTMENT. (ELECTRICAL BURN TO EYES)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment
LT EYE FB-EITHER PIECE OF SOLDER OR WOOD DEBRIS IN EYE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
PATIENT WAS SOLDERING AT SCHOOL WHEN SOME SOLDER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT OR FLEW INTO HER LEFT EYE. DX - LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
PT WHILE SOLDERING FELT SOMETHING GOT INTO HIS EYE,SUSTAINED "LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2004	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: Soldering equipment
PT BURNED EYE WHILE SOLDERING. DX: R CORNEAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment, Pipes
RT CORNEAL AB-@ HOME-GOT SOLDER IN EYE WHILE HUSBAND WAS WORKING ON PLU MBING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment
PT WAS SOLDERING ON FRIDAY WITHOUT SAFETY GOGGLES GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FOREIGN BODY EEY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment
FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS SLDERING AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
THERMAL BURN LEFT EYE.PT WAS USING A SODER TORCH AND BURNED EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 35 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, Scald
Product: Soldering equipment, Hot water
WAS SOLDERING COPPER PIPES, THEN PUTTING THEM IN WATER, CAP FELL OFF CAUSING WATER TO SPLASH IN LEFT EYE DX: BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 47 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: Soldering equipment, Pipes
PT HAD THERMAL BURNS OF HIS EYES AS A RESULT OF SOLDERING A PIPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment, Eye protection devices
PT GOT SOLDER IN EYE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT SCHOOL, ACUTE R EYE FOR EIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
CORNEAL ABRASION - 14 YOM WAS USING A SOLDERING IRON AND GOT SOME SOLDE R IN RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
PT WORKING ON STAINED GLASS WHEN SOLDER FLIPPED INTO EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment
PT GOT SILVER SOLDER IN EYE, FOREIGN BODY R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Soldering equipment
FLASH BURNS OD - SOLDERING WITHOUT GLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
GOT SODDER IN EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
GOT LEAD IN EYE WHILE SOLDERING - CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment, Counters or countertops
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2001	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2001	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2001	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2000	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2000	Age: 23 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, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2000	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2000	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/1999	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/1999	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire:
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/1999	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Soldering equipment, Chemicals
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/1999	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/1999	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/1998	Age: 22 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/1998	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Soldering equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/1998	Age: 31 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, Thermal
Product: Soldering equipment, Pipes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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