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Accidents - Welding equipment - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 15,233
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:531
16-25 years old:4,682
26-50 years old:8,986
50+ years old:1,032

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:13,526Hand:454
Lower Leg:136Face:131
Finger:127Ear:121
Lower Arm:103All Of Body:89
Lower Trunk:83Neck:83
Head:76Wrist:68
Toe:67Elbow:60
Upper Trunk:38Upper Leg:15
Foot:15Shoulder:15
Upper Arm:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Displaying 300 out of 320 NEISS Accidents ER Records.


Date: 12/28/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING TODAY AND GOT WELDING BURNS OT BOTH EYES. WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT.INJ.BIL EYES AT HOME WHEN USING A WELDER. DX; WELD BURN BIL EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WATCHING SOMEONE WELD AND EYES BECAME IRRITATED. DX CORNEAL IRRITATION FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
29YOM @ HOME USING WELDER EYE PAIN DX CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2002Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME SUSTAINED RADIATION BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
25 Y/O M C/O HIS EYES BURNING. PT WAS WELDING AND NOW HIS EYES ARE BURN ING DX. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
F.B. R CORNEA - F.B. IN EYE WHEN WELDING, WEARING SAFETY GLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT HURT FINGER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL EQUIPMENT WAS SPINNING AND HIT MID DLE FINGER DURING WELDING CLASS. D: CONTUSION RIGHT HAND 3RD DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
EYES BURNING, TODAY WELDING, EYES BURNING. DX. FB L EYE, CONJUNCTIVITI E R/L EYES DUE TO WELDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
28 YOM WELDING F'BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
24YOM FB TO EYE WELDING AT HOME DX/FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS.PT WAS WELDING AT HOME AND INJURED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EXPOSED TO WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING AT HOME AND SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS-FLASH BURNS WHILE WELDING-AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


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: 12/01/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
43-YOM SUSTAINED AN ULTRAVIOLET BURN TO HIS EYE AS A RESULT OF WELDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURN TO EYES WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. HAD WELDING BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
CORNEAL F.B. OS - F.B. IN EYE AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EXPOSED TO WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
29 YO M BURNS TO EYE WHILE WELDING WITHOUT GOGGLES AT HOME. DXFLASHBURN S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
STANDING CLOSE TO SOMEONE WELDING DX. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURN TO EYES WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING TANK FELL ON RT HAND LAST NIGHT. CT RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
DURING WELDING WITHOUT HELMET BURNS TO EYES DX: CORNEAL ABRASIONS (FLAS H BURNS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
23 YOM FLASH BURNS TO EYES FROM WELDING-DX BILATERAL FLASH BURNS 1ST DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN AFTER BEING EXSPOSED TO WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT AT A FRIENDS HOUSE WELDING WITHOUT OCULAR EQUIPMENT SUSTAINED RADIAT ION BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDER'S BURNS BOTH EYES; HAD HELMET PART OF THE TIME WAS WELDING
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: 11/06/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WATCHING SOMEON WELD WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION.DX-BURING EYES, UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED THIGH WHILE WELDING;ABSCESSED NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. HAS WELDER BURNS TO HIS EYE WELDER BURN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
L AND RT EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PATIENT WELDING WHILE WEARING PLAIN SAFETY GLASSES. CHOSE NOT TO WEAR V ISOR SECONDARY TO DIFFICULTY SEEING. EYE PAIN. D:FLASH BURN, CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURNS TO EYES WHILE WELDING DX. FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING TODAY WITHOUT NOTICING SHIELD BROKEN. DX. ACUTE EYE PAIN R/L E YES, CORNEAL INJURY FROM BURN R/L EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING, HAS BURNS TO EYES UV KERATITIS - WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING BURN TO EYE WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING LAST PM, BURNED EYES. DX; FLASH BURNS OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2002Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING AT FRIENDS HOUSE, GOT SOMETHIHG IN EYE.DX; FB EYE REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS BOTH EYES/34YOM SUSTAIN FLASH BURN BOTH EYES WHIL E WELDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Welding equipment
38 YOM WAS WELDING AT HOME; A PIECE OF WELDING MATERIAL HIT HIM IN RT. EYE. HEMORRHAGE OF RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING FOR 2-3HOURS/ ULTRAVIOLET KERATOSIS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PT PRESENTED TO ED WITH WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES. WELDING AND WASWEA RING GOGGLES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN - EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FB LT EYE W/ PAIN. WAS WELDING/ GRINDING METAL 1 DAY AGO. DX; METALLIC FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDER'S BURN TO EACH EYE X 4 HOURS. DX. CORNEAL ABRA R/L EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
42-YOM SUSTAINED A WELDER'S BURN TO HIS EYE WHILE WELDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN EYES - PATIENT REPORTS EYE PAIN AND STATES HE WAS WELDING WIT HOUT EYE PROTECTION AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Pipes
WELDING GALVANIZED PIPE-HAD SAFETY GOGGLES ON FLASH BURNS-CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT RECIEVED FLASH BURNS WELDING, FLASH BURNS OD PUNCTATE KERETITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING AND SUSTAINED WELDING BURNS BOTH EYES WITH CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
34-YOM SUSTAINED AN ULTRAVOILET BURN TO HIS EYE AS A RESULT OF WELDING .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. HAD WELDING BURNS TO EYES - NO GOGGLES
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: 10/12/2002Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
UV BURNS CORNEAS - EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2002Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
72 Y/O MALE WAS WELDING AT HOME WHEN A LUMP OF HOT METAL FELL ON HIM BU RNING HIS LT GREAT TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Welding equipment
18YOM WAS HIT IN HEAD W/WELDING HELMET BY ANOTHER STUDENTDX: LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDER'S BURNS BOTH EYE; WELDING ALL DAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING BURN TO EYE WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
30 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WELDING WHEN HE BURNED HIS EYEBALL CAUSING CORN EAL ULCERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
UV KERATITIS OD - EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING,WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, House repair or construction materials
PT WELDING SHEET METAL COMPLAINT OF METAL FOREIGN BODY EYE, R CORNEAL A BRASION FOREIGN BODY R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
TOOTH OFF HIS SHIELD TO CHANGE THE LENS WHEN HE CAUGHT A BRIEF EXPOSUE OF UV LIGHT WHILE WELDING. UV KERATITUS $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
25YOM WELIDNG INJ TO EYES AT HOME DX/WELDERS FLASH ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
25YOM WELDING AT HOME INJ TOEYE DX/FB EYE RIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING THIS MORNING LOOKED AT ARCH FEELS LIKE SAND IN EYES DX: LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 09/24/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS IN ART CLASS WELDING & SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE HE WAS WEARING GOGGLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURNS - EYE BURNS AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
41 YO FEMALE GOT METAL IN EYE WHILE WELDING F/B LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT STATES HE BURNED HIS RT THUMB WELDING, BLISTERED AND HE POPPED BLIST ER DX: RT THUMB FELON(INFECTION)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT BURNED HIS OWN ELBOW WHILE WELDING IN SCHOOL 2 DAYS AGO. NOT FD A. D: 3RD DEGREE BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT HURT EYES WHILE WELDING. PT DID NOT WEAR SAFTEY GLASSES. DX: EYES IN PAIN/BURNING. (NO JOB DETAILS).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
38 Y.O. W MALE W/WELDER'S BURN TO EYES. PT STS INJ WHILE WELDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
SUBJECTED TO WELDING FLASH DX. FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
17YOM WELDING AT HOME INJ TO EYES DX/WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING HAVING EYE BURNING...ULTRAVIOLET KERNTIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
HURT EYES WHILE WATCHING FRIEND WELD DX: THERMAL BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AND PIECE WENT INTO EYE. DX: SECOND DEG BURN L EYE.
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: 09/10/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
54 YO M WELDING W/O SHIELD GOT WELDING MATERIAL IN EYE BURN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. IN ROOM WHERE WELDING WAS GOING ON. SHE WAS NOT WELDING, AND DID NO T WEAR EYE PROTECTION. DX.ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 09/09/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment, Cutting torches
WELDING, USING CUTTINGTORCH WITH SUNGLASSES AND EYES PAINFU. UNCERTAIN IF JOB RELATED. DX: CONJUNCTIVIVIS, KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS HIT IN ARM W/WELDING ROD. DX: CONT R ARM, ULNAR NEURITIS POSS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING AT FRIENDS HOUSE, HAS PAIN BOTH EYES. DX: UV KERATITIS CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION/41YOM WENT TO WORK & HAD R EYE PAIN. AT 5AM USED WELDER BUT HAD FULL WELDING MASK ON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE OCULAR DEVICES SUSTAINED RADIATIO N BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURN TO OU FROM WELDING. WELDED ALL AFTERNOON. DX; FLASH BURNS OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING 3 DAYS PRIOR FOREARM BRUISE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING BURN TO EYES WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING TODAY-PAIN AND BLURRY VISION NOW CAN'T OPEN EYES DX: PRO B FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING ON A BOAT WHEN HE OBTAINED FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES. WELDERS FLASH $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HIS SONS HOUSE SUSTAINED RADIATIONS FLASH BURNS TO BOTH E YES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
55 Y M WAS WELDING UNSPECIFIED WHERE AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. DX: FOREIGHN BODY IN RIGHT EYE. NO FIRE DEPT CALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
KERATITIS. PT WAS WELDING AT HOME AND BURNED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FB SENSATION IN EYES AFTER WELDING/ FB SENSATION OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 09/01/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING YESTERDAY, EYES PAINFUL/ BIL EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING AND SUSTAINED UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING BURNS TO EYE WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
40YOM WAS WELDING AT SCHOOL & WAS NOT WEARING ANY SAFETY GLASSES DX: L CORNEAL F.B.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
=34YOM WATCHING A WELDER AT HOME DX/ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY - GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Pipes
WELDING METAL ROD, FORGOT IT WAS HOT AND GRABBED IT/ PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2002Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PHOTO KERATITIS-WELDERS FLASH AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT STATES FB SENSATION ON LT EYE WHILE WELDING DX: CORNEAL AB LT EYE +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Tools
WELDING BURNS BILATERAL EYES - EYES BEGAN TO BURN AFTER WELDING AND GRI NDGIN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING WITHOUT A SHIELD/ WELDING BURNS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
DX FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE: METAL IN EYE WHILE WELDING BENEATH CAR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING W/O SHIELD AT HOME. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
GOT FB IN EYE AT HOME WHILE WELDING. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION, FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
WAS WELDING AND WEARING A SHIELD. C/O FLASH AND EYES BURNING. DX; KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
BURNING SENSATION OU. STATES WELDING ALL DAY. ?CRACKS IN MASK. DX;FLASH BURNS OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
FACIAL BURN-AT HOME-WELDING UNDER CAR-HOT METAL FELL ON HIS FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2002Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WITH HEADACHE, SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER WELDING AT HOME. SIMIL AR INCIDENT 2 YEARS AGO. D: METAL FUME ALLERGY, FUNGAL RASH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2002Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING PREV DAY CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
22YOWM-RADIATION BURN TO EYE WHILE WELDING-WAS WEARING SAFTEY GLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
41YOBM-CORNEAL ABRASION-WAS WELDING FELT SOMEHTIN SCRATCH EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
PT WAS WELDING AND USED GRINDING MACHINE TODAY. DX: R CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT RECEIVED WELDING BURN TO LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING TODAY, C/O OF INCREASING PAIN/REDNESS TO B EYES. DX. R/L ACUTE EYE PAIN, ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WITH EAR PAIN SINCE SPLATTER FROM WELDING WENT INTO EAR 1 WEEK AGO. ALSO HAS HEADACHE, FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS. D: VIRAL SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
28 Y M HAS FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES FROM WELDING UNKNOWN WHERE. DX: FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
HELPING HIS SON WELD C/O BILATERAL EYE PAIN NOT WEARING ANY EYE PROTECTION DX: WELDERS FLASH BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE LAST PM, HAD "DARK" GLASSES ON, HAS PAI N IN BOTH EYES, TEARING, ETOH ON BREATH. DX WELDING FLASH BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT HAD BEEN WELDING AND INJURED HIS EYES. DX-CORNEAL BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYE PAIN AFTER HELPING W/ WELDING. WELDED W/O MASK. DX; RADIATION KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Tools
PATIENT WAS USING A WELDER AND GRINDER AND GOT METAL IN HIS EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING BURNS TO EYES WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2002Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Footwear
BURN LT FOOT. WHILE WELDING A HOT PIECE OF MATERIAL FELL INTO HIS BOOT DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING BURNS TO EYES WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING BURNS TO EYES WHEN USING A WELDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
45YOM-WELDER'S FLASH LEFT EYE-WELDING TODAY-TOOK OFF GLASSES USED EYE A S SIGHTING EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYE PAIN. WAS WATCHING WELDER. DX; FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT.C/O BURING TO BOTH EYES WITH BLURRED VISION SUSTAIN WHILE WELDING DX- CORNEAL ABRASION BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
ACUTE UV KERATITIS TO EYES AFTER WELDING AT HOME ALL DAY. WAS WEARING S AFETY GOGGLES.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eyeglasses
BILATERAL WELDER'S BURN-WELDING-WAS WEARING GLASSES & HELMET AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
AFTER WELDING, EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BOTH EYES. DX: UV KERATITIS, BOTH EY ES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
PT INJURED EYE WHILE WELDING DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN EYES - PATIENT WAS NOT HIMSELF WELDING TODAY BUT WAS IN VIEW OF SOMEONE WHO WAS - PRESENTS WITH EYE PAIN AND GRANULAR SENSATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
RT EYE PAIN-AFTER WELDING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN EYES WHILE WELDING TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT COMPLAINT OF FLASH BURN BILATERAL EYES WITH WELDING, ACUTE FLASHBURN BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
WHILE WELDING AND CUTTING AT SHOP PT HAD STINGING IN R EYE W "LIGHT SENSITIVITY" DX FB OF RUST RING REMOVAL
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: 06/30/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR SUSTAINED RADIATION BURNS TO BOT H EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WELDING.(DOES NOT STATE JOB RELATED) DX: FOREIGN BODY IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2002Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING AND A PIECE OF SLAG WENT INTO HIS EAR. DX-1ST DEGREE BURN LEFT EXTERNAL EAR CANAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
OBTAINED FLASH BURN TO EYES WHILE WELDING FOR 15 MINUTES. WELDERS FLASH $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
FLASH BURN EYE - PATIENT WAS WELDING YESTERDAY - HE WAS WEARING HIS GOG GLES BUT THIS MORNING HE WOKE UP IN SEVERE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
KERATITIS. PT WAS WELDING AT HOME AND BURNED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/25/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN EYE - HURT EYES WHILE WELDING @ HOME YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PATIENT HAS EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME. DID WEAR FA CE AND EYE PROTECTION. D: SOLAR KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS USING A WELDING TORCH, DID NOT WEAR SAFETY GOGGLES CAUSING FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES. %
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING W/O GOGGLES AND GOT METAL IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL FB/ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERIAL FLASH BURNS TO EYES - WELDING HURT EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
RT EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING ON TUESDAY/ ULTRA VIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING AT NEIGHBORS, LIFTED HELMET MOMENTARILY,THINKS GOT FLASH BURN T O EYE. DX: F B EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
46 YO M LIFTING WELDING CYLINDER DEVELOPED BACK PAINBACK PAIN(LOW BACK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING AND RECEIVED BURNS TO HIS UPPER ARM.DX-2ND DEGREE B URNS LEFT UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN EYES - PATIENT WELDING AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE GOGGLES PRE SENTS WITH RED, BURNING EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EXPOSED TO WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Baby carriages
WORKING ON "BUGGY" AT HOME THIS MORNING, WELDING WITHOUT A MASK, NOWHAS PAIN AND PHOTOSENSITIVITY OF BOTH EYES. DX WELDER'S BURN BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2002Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
CORNEAL BURN BILATERAL EYES-PT WAS WELDING LAST NIGHT W/O WEARING GOGGL ES. NOW FEELS PIERCING EYE PAIN TO BILATERAL EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment, Saws
PT WAS WELDING AND SAWING METAL AND WOOD DX RT EYE WELDER'S FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS-WHILE WELDING IN SCHOOL W/O A HOOD FOR1 0-15 MINUTES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
19 Y.O. W MALE W/BURNS TO EYES. PT INJ WHILE WELDING SOMETHING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING FLASHBURN BILATERAL EYES - EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WHILE WELDING, PT BURNED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURN WRIST - 2 DEGREE BURN LEFT WRIST - HIT BY SPARKS FROM WELDING LAST NIGHT - ONE NICKLE SIZED BURN TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. WAS WELDING AND RECEIVED WELDER BURNS TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING TODAY PAIN/BURNING BOTH EYES. UV LIGHT BURN. DX: WELDING BURN CORNEA BOTH EYES
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: 05/17/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WORKING IN WELDING CLASS, NO SAFETY GLASSES ON, PAIN AND BURNING IN RIG HT EYE. RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT COMPLAINT OF CORNEAL BURN WITH WELDING, CORNEAL BURN WITH EMBEDDED F OREIGN BODY OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2002Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME, NO EYE PROTECTION, RADIATION BURNS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN /BURNING BOTH EYES AFTER WELDING/UTRAVIOLET KERATITIS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
31 YOM WAS WELDING AND INCURRED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURNS TO EYE S/P WELDING EARLIER IN DAY - WOKE UP WITH BOTH EYESR ED, SWOLLEN, AND BURNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED FOREARM WHEN WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURN TO EYES WHEN WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
37 Y/O M C/O BURN EYES - WHILE WELDING. DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITISRIGHT AND LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WHILE WELDING PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION POSS IBLE EARLY CATARACT FORMATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Tools
LT CORNEAL METALLIC FBS-WAS WELDING & GRINDING ON HIS CAR @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
23 Y M WITH SOMETHING IN EYE (CEMENT OR FLASH BURN( FROM WELDING IN HI S HOME SHOP. DX: LEFT EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT SUSTAINED FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES WHEN WELDING. WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION. D: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FEELING PAIN IN BOTH EYES SINCE WELDING. WELDING FLASH BURNS TO CORNEA $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Day wear
WELDING, PANTS CAUGHT ON FIRE/BURN TO BOTH LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
BILAT EYE PAIN SINCE WELDING THIS AM. DX. CORNEAL ABRA R/L EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Welding equipment
INJURED PULLING ON WELDING CABLES DX. SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
BILAT EYE PAIN. USED PLASMA WELDER YEST. DID USEE NEW SAFTEY GLASSES . DX: WELDERS KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX. FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT INJURED EYES WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
LEFT CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY WITH ABRASION - GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE W HILE ELDING @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2002Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
WORKING WITH WELDING EQUIPMENT AND GOT ELECTRICAL SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE GLASSES AND NOW HAS CORNEAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
42 YOM CUTTING AND WELDING METAL AND PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO LEFT EYE-DX FB MIDDLE LFT CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 04/19/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PATIENT, WEARING GOGGLES, WAS WELDING DOOR WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING GO INTO EYE. D:CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
ACUTE FLASHBURNS TO EYES - WELDING WITHOUT A HELMET @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - FLASHBURN FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED EYES IN WELDING CLASS. BILAT EYE REDNESS . + WERING EYE GEAR. DX : WELDERS KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PATIENT HAS EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING WITH CRACKED SHIELD YESTERDAY. D: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
PT. WAS WELDING AND LIFTED SHIELD. DX. CONJUNCTIVITIS R/L EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT GOT FLASH BURNS WELDING, SUPERFICIAL PUNATATE KERATITIS OU SECONDARY TO WELDING EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FB WITH CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE.PT WAS WELDING METAL AT HOME AND A PI ECE FLEW IN EYE.
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: 04/10/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT BURNED BOTH EYES WHILE USING A WELDER WITHOUT GOGGLES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2002Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURNS BILATERIAL EYES - HURT EYES WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
23 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WHEN HE WAS WELDING WITH OUT EYE SHEILDS ON AND CAUSED SOLAR KERATITIS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN EYES - VICTIM WHO WAS WELDING YESTERDAY AND DEVELOPED PERSIST ENT SIGNIFICANT BURNING, PAIN AND PHOTOPHOBIA IN BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
24 YOM WAS WELDING AT HOME; BILATERAL CORNEAL FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
23-YOM SUSTAINED A WELDER'S BURN TO HIS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN EYES - VICTIM REPORTS HE WAS WELDING AND GRINDING YESTERDAY O N CARS AND THIS MORNING HE WOKE WITH RIGHT EYE BURNING AND IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING ON HIS RACECAR, TORCH HIT GASLINE & SPRAYED & CAUGHT FIRE T O THE CARPET HE WAS LAYING ON. 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HANDS & FOREARM FD?
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PT WELDING, STATES WAS USING APPROPRIATE SHIELD MOST OF THE TIME, ACUTE ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN - VICTIM PRESENTS WITH BURNING PAIN IN EYES WITH BLURRED VISI ON AND REPORTS WELDING TONIGHT WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AND SOMETHING WENT INTO EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
42 Y/O M C/O EYES - WHILE WELDING AT HOME, PATIENT WAS WEARIN GOGGLES DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITS RIGHT AND LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURN TO EYES 33 YO BM BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2002Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT COMPLAINT OF EYE PAIN WITH 16 HOURS OF WELDING, ACUTE ULTRAVIOLET RE TINAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PHOTOKERATITIS SECONDARY TO WELDING BURNS AT FRIEND'S HOUSE-NO EYE PROT ECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING TODAY W/O WELDING SHIELD, C/O EYE PAIN AND BURNING. DX. ULTRAV IOLET KERATITIS R/L EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FB LT EYE WHILE WELDING DX: FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT COMPLAINT OF FLASH BURNS BILATERAL EYES WELDING, BILATERAL FLASH BUR NS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
IRRITATION OF RIGHT EYE SINCE WELDING IN SCHOOL YESTERDAY. DX WELDING INDUCED CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
38 YOM EXPOSED EYES TO FLASH WHILE WELDING. DX: BURNS FROM WELDING ARC /FLASH TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
AT HOME WELDING, FELT PIECE OF HOT METAL DOWN L EAR. DX. SMALL BURN TO L EAR CANAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2002Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PT USING A WELDER ALSO HAD GOGGLES ON BUT FELL OFF AND FLASHED IN EYES AT HOME DX: LWBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING AT HOME, EYE ARE NOW BURNING. DX-WELDING BURN TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
L UV KERATITIS/38YOWM C/O F.B. SENSATION L EYE. MAY BE FROM WELDING YES TERDAY.
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: 03/07/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
58 YOM COMPLAINED OF REDNESS, BURNING & IRRITATION OF BOTH EYES. HAD BE EN DOING SOME WELDING AT HOME. CONJUNCTIVITIS, BILATERAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING ON HIS OWN CAR AT 1100 YESTERDAY, BOTH EYES ARE BURNING. DX WELDER'S BURN BOTH EYES WITH CORNEAL ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BOTH EYES BURNING AND REDDENED STATES WELDS AT SCHOOL BUT USES SHIELD D X: WELDERS KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING TODAY. TO ER BOTH EYES BURNING. DIAGNOSIS WAS PHOTODERMATITIS BILAT EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
? OBJECTS IN EYE SEVERE EYE PAIN WAS AROUND WELDER TODAY DX: RADIATION KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
USING WELDING TOOLS AND HAS BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FB OS WHILE WELDING TODAY DX: LT EYE PAIN NO FB LOCALIZED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING, SUSTAINED FLASH BURNS TO EYES,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Welding equipment
RT INDEX FINGER FX-WHILE MOVING A WELDING TABLE-LOCALE NOT STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. WAS WELDING, RESUTLING IN FLASH BURNS TO THE EYES AND FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
WELDING WITHOUT MASK, WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES PART OF TIME, BURNED B ILATERAL EYES. CORNEAL ABRASION TO LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING BURN TO EYES WHEN USING WELDING EQUIPMENT
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: 02/25/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYES BURNED WHILE WELDING W/OUT SHIELD DX: CORNEAL BURN OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING CAUSING ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING BURNS TO EYES SINCE LAST PM. DX. WELDING BURN TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN BIL EYES-WAS WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE GLASSES THIS AM NOW HAS PAIN AND VISION PROBLEMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN AFTER BEING AROUND WELDING DX. CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PATIENT, WEARING EYE PROTECTION, HAS EYE PAIN AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO WELDING. D: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
FLASHBURN EYES - VICTIM STATES HE WAS WELDING EARLIER TODAY - HE WAS WE ARING LIGHT SENSITIVE HELMENT & GOGGLES BUT HAS TEARING AND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
FLASHBURN EYES - VICTIM STATES HE WAS WELDING TODAY AND WEARING LIGHT S ENSITIVE WELDING HELMET - NOW UNABLE TO OPEN EYES - FACE IS RED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
17 Y.O. B MALE W/WELDER'S BURNS TO EYES. PT STS HE WAS WELDING @ SCHOOL . E8981
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
28 Y/O W/M SUSTAINED RADIATION BURNS TO EYES WHILE WATCHING ANOTHER IND IVIDUAL USE A WELDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN EYES - VICTIM WAS WELDING YESTERDAY WITH OUT EYE PROTECTION - PRESENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT BURNING IN BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2002Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
CORNEAL BURNS; WAS HELPING ANOTHER PERSON WITH WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AND NOW C/O PAIN TO BOTH EYES DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR SUSTAINED RADIATION BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS-WHILE WELDING @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING AND HAD FLASH BURNS TO EYES. DIAGNOSIS WAS FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUST CORNEAL ABRASION WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
19 YOM BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING AT HOME. DX: WELDING BURNS BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT HAS EYE PAIN AFTER WATCHING FRIEND WELD. NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION. D: WELDER'S KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING YESTERDAY W/NO EYE PROTECTION & NOW EYES ARE BURNING DX: FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WAS AROUND A WELDER AND LIGHT BURNT EYE. NONWORK. WELDER BURN CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
37 YOM WAS WELDING AND AS A RESULT HAD BIL. CORNEAL BURNS - U.V. RAYS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Welding equipment
LT LAMINA FX OF C2-WHILE HELPING A FRIEND WELD A BAR ON A FORKLIFT-LOCA LE NOT STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
16 Y/O M INJURED BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING AT SCHOOL. DX; FLASH BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
$UV KERATITIS.PT WAS WELDING AND BURNED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2002Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
HURT EYE GOT HIT WITH F.B. WHILE WELDING DX: ABRASION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
ATERAL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS-AFTER WELDING @ HOME W/O A SHIELD ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. WAS WELDING - N/S WHERE - HAS BURNS TO EYES WELDING BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURN TO FINGER WHEN WELDING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURNT BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING WITHOUT HELMET. WELDER FLASH BURNS BOTH EYES. NOT WORK RELATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
RT EYE FB-@ HOME-METAL SHAVING WHILE GRINDING ON OLD WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME SUSTAINED A BILATERAL RADIATION BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL EYE PAIN PT WELDING YESTERDAY DX WELDERS KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING YESTERDAY AND THINKS GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE, EYE SWOLLE N AND SENSITIVE TO LIGHT, +ETOH. LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
26-YOM SUSTAINED A BURN TO HIS NECK AS A RESULT OF WELDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN BOTH EYES-INJURED EYES WHILE WELDING @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
C/O LT EYE PAIN DONT KNOW IF BURNED IT WELDING OR IF I HAVE PIECE OF ME TAL IN IT DX: CORNEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BIL ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS-SINCE WELDING @ HOME-W/O EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2002Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
CAME IN FROM OUTSIDE HIS HOME LAST NIGHT, BOTH EYES BECAME RED & IRRITATED, EXPOSED TO WELDER'S FLASH. DX WELDER'S KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
UV KERATITIS - WELDING UNDER CAR AT HOME WITHOUT WELDING SHEILD- HAS NOW DEVELOPED PAIN IN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
18 Y M WELDING IN DAD'S SHOP MOST OF DAY ONLY WEARING SUNGLASSES N OT PROTECTIVE GEAR> DX: FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
RETINAL BURNS WHEN LOOKING AT WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING W/O A MASK SUSTAINED FLASH BURNS TO EYES DX: CORNEAL UL TRAVIOLET BURNS
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


Date: 01/12/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
FB SENSATION WHILE WELDING AND GRINDING/FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING TODAY. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING WITH FRIEND. HAS PAIN IN BOTH EYES. DID NOT USE GLASSES. DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASHBURN EYES - VICTIM WHO WAS WELDING YESTERDAY BEGAN TO HAVE SI GNIFICANT BURNING IN BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING A WEEK AGO,EYE PAIN SINCE/CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2002Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
27 YOM WELDER'S BURNS BOTH EYES; HAD HELMET ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WELDING ONE WEEK AGO WHEN HE GOT METAL FRAGMENT IN HAND. +ETOH. HAND INFECTED. D: HAND INFECTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE; FB IN RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING ON TRUCK AT HOME WEARING HELMET, HAS FLASH BURNS TO EYES. DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS, IRITIS, ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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