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Accidents - Welding equipment - Year 2006 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 237
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:73
26-50 years old:30
50+ years old:132

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/20/2006Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING WITH DC WELDER, WAS SHOCKED ALSO HAD TEMPORARY LOSS OF FUNCTION IN RIGHT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2006Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING WHEN INHALED POISONOUS FUMES THAT CONTAINED ZINC. +LOC, NAUS EA, DISORIENTATION, NUMBNESS IN SIDE. D: PARASTHESIAS, NOS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO RIGHT HAND - MINIMAL INJURY FROM GRABBING ARC WELDING TOOL AND IT SHOCKED HIM WHILE PLUGGING IN UNIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2006Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
RASH ONSET AFTER WELDING ALLERGIC DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Welding equipment
DIZZY,WELDING IN ENCLOSED GARAGE FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES RESULTING IN CO PO ISONING,TRANSF TO HYPERBARIC CHAMBER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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