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Accidents - Welding equipment - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 15,824
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:224
6-15 years old:416
16-25 years old:5,077
26-50 years old:8,507
50+ years old:1,599

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:13,620Finger:432
Lower Arm:308All Of Body:237
Face:190Foot:166
Ear:146Upper Arm:144
Lower Trunk:131Hand:92
Upper Trunk:86Wrist:71
Neck:71Ankle:46
Lower Leg:30Upper Leg:15
25 - 50% Body:15Unkown:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Displaying 300 out of 322 NEISS Accidents ER Records.


Date: 12/30/2006Age: 25 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, Eye protection devices
B/L WELDER'S BURN TO BOTH EYES:WELDING AT HOME USING A SHIELD AND SAFETY GOGGLES, C/O PAIN AND BURNING BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/30/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
47 Y/O M INJURED BOTH EYES WHEN EXPOSED TO WELDING AT HOME. DX; FLASH BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/29/2006Age: 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
PT INJURED EYES WHILE WELDING.DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/29/2006Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING WITH TORCH AND BURNED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/2006Age: 22 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
ABRASION CORNEA - 22 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT EYE SORNESS W/SENSITIVI TY TO LIGHT - REPORTS HE DOES DO WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2006Age: 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
WELDER'S BURN TO EYES/27YOM STS SUNDAY MORNING AT HOME, WAS WELDING AND DID NOT USE MASK. HAVING PAIN IN EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
STANDING A COUPLE OF FEET AWAY FROM SOMEONE WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR, BILATERAL EYE PAIN-RADIATION BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
KERATITIS-PAIN SINCE WATCHING FATHER WELD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WATCHED SOMEONE ELSE WELDING TODAY, EYES BURNING NOW DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2006Age: 41 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 WITHOUT A FACE SHIELD SUSTAINED RADIATION BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2006Age: 35 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
35 YO M WELDING WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION WELDERS FLASH WITH CORNEAL ABRASION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING 3 DAYS PRIOR CORNEAL BURN - REMOVAL OF METALLIC FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2006Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Welding equipment
FELL OVER WELDER, CP DX: RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN TO EYE AFTER WELDING DX: CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYE PAIN AFTER USING WELDER TODAY CORNEAL FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT STATES SHE WAS AROUND WELDERS TODAY AND EYES ARE NOW RED AND BU RNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Contact lenses
UV KERATITIS-PAIN SINCE WELDING UNDER A CAR-WAS WEARING CONTACTS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2006Age: 42 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
PT WELDING WHEN WELDING CLIP SLIPPED AND POPPED HIM IN EYE. SEEN FIRST IN CLINIC & SENT HERE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2006Age: 42 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 WITHOUT A HELMET AND NOW HAS PAIN TO EYES/ CORNEAL BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2006Age: 5 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
CHILD WITH EYE PAIN SINCE WATCHING UNCLE WELD ON WEDNESDAY. "WELDERS BU RNS". LPTMS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 12/06/2006Age: 28 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 DID NOT PUT HIS MASK ON CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BOTH EYES BURNING AFTER WELDING WELDING BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2006Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Welding equipment
STABBED WITH A WELDING ROD BY ANOTHER STUDENT DURING WELDING CLASS PW WITH BURN TO ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2006Age: 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 FLASH/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2006Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDERS KERATITIS BILATATETRAL EYES.PT WAS WELDING IN GARAGE AND INJURE D EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL KERATITS.PT WAS WELDING AND INJURED BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
KERATITIS-FELT PAIN WHILE WELDING-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2006Age: 44 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 MASK. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2006Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT GOT FB IN RT EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL EYE PAIN SEVERAL HOURS AFTER WELDING BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRA SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2006Age: 52 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
52 YO M WITH WELDERS FLASH*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. REPORTS WELDING AND USING A PLASMA CUTTER TODAY. DX. ULTRAVIOLET K ERATITIS L/R EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2006Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
SOMETHING IN EYE WELDING TODAY DX: FB R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2006Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING EARLIER IN THE DAY. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Motor vehicles or parts
WELDER'S FLASH FROM WELDING A CAR AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
EYES HURTING ; WAS WELDING EARLIER TODAY. D: WELDING ARC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL UV KERATITIS-PAIN SINCE WELDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILAT EYE PAIN AFTER WATCHING DAD WELDING DX; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2006Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS WELDING AND DUST GOT INTO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
C/O EYE PAIN AND LIGHT SENSITIVITY, WAS WELDING YESTERDAY/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2006Age: 23 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 BEGAN TO HAVE EYE PAIN LATER.DX-PHONOKERAT ITIS, EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2006Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT IS SELF EMPLOYED AND WAS WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR NOW PRESENTS WITH BURNING WATERY EYES -FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2006Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED HAND ON HOT METAL WHILE WELDING 2ND DEGREE BURN RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2006Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT STUCK FINGER WITH WELDING WIRE DX: FINGER INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2006Age: 37 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 WITHOUT PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR AND EYES STARTED TO BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2006Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT GOT METAL IN EYE WHILE WELDING AT HOME. DX: R EYE FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING AND GOT SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYEBALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT TOUCHED A HOT PLATE WHILE IN WELDING CLASS AND BURNED HAND. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EYES RED AND WATERING AFTER WELDING DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2006Age: 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/KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2006Age: 16 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 - 16 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH BILATERAL EYE DISCOMFORT - PT WAS WELDING YESTERDAY WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION - NO VISION LOSS BUT BLUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING TODAY, C/O EYE PAIN. DX-CORNEAL ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2006Age: 29 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, TOOK MASK OFF, CANNOT OPEN EYES DUE TO SEVERE PAIN DX-FLASH BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2006Age: 44 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, EYES BURNING. DX-TRAUMATIC EYE PAIN, WELDING BURNS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 10/27/2006Age: 21 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 STATES EYE PAIN ULTRAVIOLET KERATOSIS BILATERAL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2006Age: 35 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/CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EAR WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
KERATITIS-WELDING SOLUTION SPLASHED INTO EYES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


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: 10/18/2006Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT C/O EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING. DX-WELDING BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2006Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
GOT PEICE OF METAL IN EYE WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2006Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN TO EYES AFTER WELDING AT HOME DX: CORNEAL BURNS
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: 10/06/2006Age: 39 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
METALIC FOREIGN BODY WITH RUST RING. WELDER CAME WITH FOREIGN BODY SENATION TO EYE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Day wear
BURNS UPPER ARM - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH BILATERAL UPPER ARM BURNS FROM WELDING IN A TANK TOP SHIRT TODAY - HAS BLISTERING - 1ST DEG BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2006Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT HURT EYES WELDING WITH A FRIEND. DID NOT WEAR SAFTEY GLASSES. DX: UV KERATOSIS/CONJUNCTIVITIS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2006Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC EYE PAIN, BEEN WELDING ALL DAY. DX-WELDING BURNS CONJUJCTIVITIS, EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2006Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
LEFT CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL HAS RUST RING. PT CUTTING METAL FELT SPARK FLY INTO L EYE.*WHILE WELDING NO FIRE DPT.
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: 09/29/2006Age: 35 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
PT WELDING AT HOME 1 WK AGO, C/O L EYE PAIN SINCE DX: CORNEAL FB W/ RUST RING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2006Age: 23 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 FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
F.B. SENSATION RT EYE,WAS WELDING FRIDAY F.B. RT CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2006Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL KERATITIS.PT WAS WELDING AND HAD FLASH BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Welding equipment
PT HELPING A FRIEND WITH WELDING MACHINERY WHEN GOT ARM PINCHED BETWEEN WELDING UNIT TANK AND SIDE OF THE UNIT. D:LACERATION, FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED EYES WELDING WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES WELDING BURN TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
UV KERATITIS-FLASH BURN FROM UNDER MASK-WHILE WELDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2006Age: 37 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 - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH BILATERAL EYE PAIN SINCE WELDING YEST ERDAY WITHOUT SUFFICIENT EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2006Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
49 YOM SUSTAINED FLASH BURN TO RIGHT EYE FROM USING AN ARC WELDER AT HO ME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2006Age: 21 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
ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS - EYES STARTED ITCHING AFTER BEING AROUND WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING TODAY WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION. DX: FLASH BURN EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL KERATITIS.PT WAS WELDING AND INJURED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2006Age: 39 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
BURN TO EYES DUE TO WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING TODAY, EYES PAINFUL AND BLURRY/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2006Age: 27 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 USING A SHIELD, SEVERE EYE PAIN.DX-WELDER'S BURN TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Welding equipment
FB IN FINGER WHILE WELDING/ PW RT DISTAL 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2006Age: 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
PT WELDING AND GOT SOMETHING IN R EYE, PT WEARING HOOD DX: R CORNEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2006Age: 24 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
24YOM ULTRAVIOLET KERATIS R EYEWELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS WELDING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FOR SCHOOL PROJECT (AT AUNTS HO USE) AND BURNED EYES. DX: WELDING BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2006Age: 23 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, Eye protection devices
FLASHBURN - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH RIGHT EYE TEARING AND REDNESS WITH BL URRED VISION - AFTER WELDING AT HOME - RPTS GOGGLES HAD A CRACK IN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
8YMC IN ROOM WHILE ANOTHER PERSON WAS WELDING AND PUSHED UP PROTECTIVE SHIELD AT TIMES/WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2006Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING STATES EYE PAIN NOT JOB RELATEDFLASH BURN BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2006Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
46 YO MALE WAS WELDING WITHOUT GOGGLES AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE - CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2006Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS GALVANIZED HELIARC WELDING AT HOME TODAY. DX: BILAT UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2006Age: 16 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
ACUTE MINOR BURNS TO R NECK AND R HAND/16YOM STS WAS TORCH CUTTING AT N OON AND HAD A "BLOW BACK" TO FACE, HAND AND NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2006Age: 26 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
FOREIGN BODY EYES - EYES BURNING AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2006Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Welding equipment
PT SMASHED HIT HAND ON WELDER AT HOME AND CUT HAND 4CM LAC RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2006Age: 24 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, Motor vehicles or parts
WK ON A CAR WELDING, NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE GOGGLES, NOW C B/L EYE PAIN PT WKS ON HIS OWN CAR " KEATITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2006Age: 40 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 FLASH YESTERDAY/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT STATES METAL HE WAS WELDING BURNED ANKLE, BURN WITH CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2006Age: 30 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
WORKING WITH WELDER AND NOT WEARING GOGGLES ULTRAVIOLET FLASH BURN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2006Age: 45 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 HAS BEEN AROUND WELDING, SCRATCHY FEELING TO RIGHT EYE. DX-FLASH BURNS TO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2006Age: 40 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 WAS WELDING AND WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR BUT STATED LIFTED MAS K FOR A MINUTE THEN EYES STARTED TO BURN FLASH BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2006Age: 49 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 FLASH/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
UV KERATITIS-WHILE WATCHING NEIGHBOR WELD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2006Age: 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
WELDING AND NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION WELDER'S FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Cutting torches
WELDING WHEN A PIECE OF MEDAL ENTERED THRU LID OF HIS HELMET; FOREIGN BODY TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2006Age: 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
KERATITIS B/L EYES-AROUND WELDER'S TODAY NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNS TO CHEST, FACE 2 DAYS AGO WHILE WELDING WITH BOYFRIEND. DX: 1ST DEGREE BURNS FACE, CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2006Age: 41 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 EYE PROTECTION YESTERDAY. DX: UV BURNS EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2006Age: 28 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 ONLY WORE PROTECTIVE HELMET PART OF THE TIME. NOT WORK RELATED- UNEMPLOYED DX. FLASH BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN TO EYES WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
BILAT CORNEAL ABBRASIONS; HAS BEEN WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
RADIATION KERATITIS FROM WELDING TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2006Age: 49 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, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FOREIGN BODY EYE - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF RIGHT EYE PAIN AND TEARING AFTER WELDING AND GRINDING YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
20 YOM, SOLDERING WITH TORCH, TURNED OFF, HE TURNED INTO TORCH BURNING LEFT EYE DX: CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AND PIECE OF METAL PUNTURED L ARM DX: PUNTURE WOUND L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURN L UPPER ARM - BURNED ARM WHEN WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
C/O BILAT EYE PAIN WHILE WELDING SMOKE CAME UNDER HELMET, A FLASH HIT C LOSE TO HIS EYES. DX. WELDING BURNS BILATERAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS WELDING AND INJURED EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2006Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PT WAS WELDING W/BROKEN EYE PROTECTION. DX: BILAT PHOTO KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2006Age: 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
PT WAS HELPING FRIEND WELD AND HAS PAIN IN EYES. DX: BURN TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN AND SWELLING RT EYE X 3 DAYS, DOES WELDING/ FB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Footwear
PT WELDING A HOT PIECE OF METAL AND IT FELL INTO BOOT YESTERDAY DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS L LATERAL FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2006Age: 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
FLASH BURN CORNEA - WATERY,BURNING EYES AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2006Age: 23 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
R CORNEAL ABRASION; PT WELDS BUT ALWAYS WEARS GLASSES. DOESN'T THINK TH IS SCRATCHY FEELING IS RELATED TO JOB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT HURT EYES WHILE WATCHING WELDING DONE AT HOMEDX: EXPOSURE TO WELDING ARC/RADIATION BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2006Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING AT HOME USING HOOD SHIELD NOW EYES AR RED DX WELDING FLASH BURNS OU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
FOREARM BURN-SPARK FROM WELDER HIT ARM-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT BURNED BOTH EYES WELDING DX WELDER'S FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2006Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Motor vehicles or parts
WHILE WELDING ON A CAR MUFFLER HE RECIEVED A WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2006Age: 60 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;CONJUNCTIVITIS/60YOM STS WAS HELPING A FRIEND WELD THIS AF TERNOON. BEGAN WITH IRRITATION IN BOTH EYES. C/O INCREASING PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2006Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL EYE BURNS.PT WAS WELDING AND BURNED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2006Age: 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
PATIENT COMPLAINS OF FLASHBURN TO BOTH EYES - WAS WELDING WITHOUT HIS H ELMET FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES - SYMPTOMS BEGAN GRADUALLY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS DOING SOME WELDING THE DAY PRIOR TO ER VISIT AND FEELS LIKE HE H AS SOME METAL IN EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2006Age: 17 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
UV KERATITIS BILATERAL - FLASHBURNS FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING PREVIOUS DAY - HELMET WITH GOGGLES WELDERS FLASH / CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL EYE BURN.PT WAS WELDING AND INJURED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYES WHILE WELDING SOMETHING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2006Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
EXPOSED TO WELDING BY FRIEND/EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS USING A WELDER AND WASN'T WEARING GOGGLES/ WELDING BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2006Age: 27 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 FLASH, PAIN BOTH EYES/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2006Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED EYES WELDING ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT. WAS WELDING ON SATURDAY W/FATHER AND NOW HAS L EYE REDNESS. DX. L EYE CORNEAL ULCER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
"I THINK I HAVE FLASH BURNS" WAS WELDING TODAY C/O EYE PAIN DX: BILAT. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS EXPOSED TO UV LIGHT FROM A WELDING ARC AT HOME DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Welding equipment
ANKLE SPRAIN-TWISTED FOOT WHILE WELDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2006Age: 48 yearsSex: Not recordedRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING, GOT METAL OBJECT IN EYE DX: CORNEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL EYE BURNS.PT WAS WELDING AND BURNED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL FLASH BURN.PT WAS WELDING IN GARAGE AND INJURED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% BodyDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING IN GARAGE WHEN PORTABLE TANK CAUGHT FIRE & PT CARRIED IT OUT. FD NS. DX: 25% TBSA BURNS, POSS ASPIRATION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/07/2006Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
THIGH BURN-@ HOME-DROPPED HOT METAL ON LEG WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2006Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURNS TO EYES AFTER WELDING IN SHOP AT HOME ALL DAY. DX; ULTRAVI OLET KERATITIS BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2006Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WELDING AT HOME DX: ABRASION RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2006Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment, Pruning or trimming equipment
R UPPER LID CELLULITIS - EYE MATTED SHUT AFTER WELDING AND USING *** TER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2006Age: 40 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
ACUTE METALIC FOREIGN BODY L EYE WITH RUST RING: WELDING ON FRIDAY WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT GOT WELDERS FLASH FROM WELDING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2006Age: 58 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 EARLIER TODAY, WENT TO SLEEP, EYES NOW BURNING. DX-FLASH BURN TO EYES, WELDER'S BURN, EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2006Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
WAS EXPOSED TO WELDING TORCH YESTERDAY WELDERS CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
C/O BILAT. EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING YESTERDAY DX: BILAT. ULTRA VIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
C/O EYES BURNING / SOMEONE WAS WELDING NEAR HIM DX: BILAT. ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2006Age: 15 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 WATCHING FATHER WELD FOR 3 HOURS, NOT WEARING GLASSES DX: UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2006Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING AT HOME W/0 HELMET SUSTAINED ARC BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BIL EYES BURNING AFTER WELDING DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS BILATEYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2006Age: 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, Eye protection devices
BEEN WELDING ALL DAY AT HOME - NOW EYES HURT - WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE G LASSES THAT SUPPOSEDLY SELF DARKENING FOR WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2006Age: 17 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
WAS WELDING WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION NOW HAVING PAIN WELLDERS BURN TO BI L EYES..NOGT WORKMENS COMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2006Age: 39 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
WAS AROUND SOMEONE WHO WAS WELDING, NOW C EYE PAIN " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2006Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
25 YOM WELDER'S FLASH FROM WELDING METAL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2006Age: 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 W/O EYE PROTECTION. DX: UV KERATITIS BILAT EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2006Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
BIL EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING AND GRINDING/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Motor vehicles or parts
PATIENT WAS WORKING ON CAR AND GOT WELDERS FLASH BURN ON EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN TO EYES WHILE WELDING YESTERDAY/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2006Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT DROPPED HOT METAL WHILE WELDING. DX: 1ST DEG BURN R ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment, Band saws
WELDING AND USING BANDSAW AT SCHOOL, GOT FB IN EYE. DX: FB EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2006Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
37YMC WELDING ONTO RACECAR C/O WELDERS FLASH WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2006Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
EYE FB-WELDING W/O HELMET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Motor vehicles or parts
PATIENT WAS WELDING ON MUFFLER AT HOME AND HAS PAIN TO EYES. DX: ULTR AVIOLENT KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2006Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
C/O EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING DX: ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
KERATITIS - 29 YOM WAS WEARING FACE SHIELD WHILE WELDING, SHIELD FAILED AND EYES WERE EXPOSED TO BRIGHT FLASH OF LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN TO EYE GOT HIT WITH F.B. WHILE WELDING DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2006Age: 32 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, Fences or fence posts
WELDING FENCES AND HAD A PIECE OF STEEL FLY UP AND EMBED IN EYE. REMOV ED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
UTRAVIOLET KERATITIS BILATERAL EYES.PT WAS WELDING WITHOUT EYEWEAR FOR FIVE MINUTES AND INJURED EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
17 Y/O M INJURED BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING. DX; ARC WELDERS BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
POSSIBLE F.B. IN RT EYE EYE HAS DRAINAGE AND REDNESS TO IT, STATES HE WAS WELDING @ HOME 2 DAYS AGO DX: CORNEA ABRASION RT EYE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS AT SCHOOL IN SHOP AND WAS WHEELING A WELDER BACK IN TO THE SHOP AND CUT HIS THUMB ON IT. DX: 1.5 CM LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PATIENT WAS USING A WELDER AND GRINDER SUSTAINED WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES. AND CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2006Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Motor vehicles or parts
CONJUNCTIVAL BURN-CAUSED WHILE WELDING ON RACE CAR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
30 Y/O M INJURED R EYE WHILE WELDING WITHOUT PROTECTION AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BODY R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING @ HOME TODAY AND NOW HAS BILATERAL EYE PAIN DX: FLASH BURNS O.U.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2006Age: 30 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
PATIENT WAS WELDING SOME MATERIAL EARLIER AND STARTED HAVING PAIN AROUN D RIGHT EYE. DX: TINY RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2006Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT WAS WELDING AT HOME AND IGNITED A CAN OF PAINT SUSTAINED THERMAL BUR NS TO LOWER LEGS NS IF FD ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2006Age: 16 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
16YOM WELDING EYES BURN UL;TRAVIOLET KERATITIS R L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
SWOLLEN EYE,WALKED IN WHILE FATHER WELDING ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2006Age: 46 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 SOMETHING IN EYE YESTERDAY. DX: R EYE FB/CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2006Age: 16 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 CORNEAL FLASH BURNS - SEVERE EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
C/O BIL EYE PAIN, WAS WELDING EARLIER/ UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2006Age: 22 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,WORE PROTECTIVE MASK BURNS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2006Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment, Floor lamps or table lamps
53 YO MALE WAS WELDING LAMP ACTIVIA VERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2006Age: 20 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
PT HAD ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS FROM WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2006Age: 30 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, Eyeglasses
PT WELDING AND TOOK WELDING MASK OFF EARLY. SAW A WHITE LIGHT. NOW WITH EYE PAIN, TEARING. WEARING GLASSES UNDER MASK. D:UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2006Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
48 YOMAT FRIEND WATCHING HIM WELD NOW EYES BURNING HAD ON GLASSES DX BILATERAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING EARLIER TODAY - C/O BILAT. EYE PAIN DX: UTLRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2006Age: 43 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
PT HAD WELDING BURN TO EYES 1 WK AGO, TO ER WITH C/O OF FEELING METAL S TILL IN EYE, FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT RECEIVED BURN TO THE EYES WHILE WELDING AT HOMEWELDING BURN BILATERA L EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2006Age: 38 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 TODAY AT HOME WELDER BURN BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO RIGHT LOWER ARM TWO DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2006Age: 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
FLASH BURN L CORNEA - EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2006Age: 11 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
PT SUSTAINED A WELDER'S BURN OF AN EYE BY WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED FINGERS WHILE WELDING/ BURNS LT 2ND AND 4TH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2006Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AT HOME SUSTAINED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BIL WELDING BURNS TO EYE-WHILE WELDING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING METAL AND A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO EYE DX: R EYE FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2006Age: 48 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
PT WELDING AT HOME YESTERDAY. NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION. NOW WITH EYE PAIN. D: KERATITIS, FLASH BURN, KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2006Age: 33 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/FLASH BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2006Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Welding equipment
DOING SOME WELDING AND DOING YARD WORK LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
EXOSED TO WELDING/FLASH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2006Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AT FRIEND'S W/O FACE SHIELD. DX: BILAT UK KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2006Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDER BURNS TO BOTH EYES BILATERAL SCLERITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2006Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING, C/O SEVERE EYE PAIN, DX; WELDERS BURN/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2006Age: 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
UV KERATITIS: WAS AROUND FRIEND WHO WAS WELDING EARLIER TODAY EYES BURNING AND WATERING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2006Age: 34 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'S EYES RED AND PAINFUL, WELDING YESTERDAY. DX-FLASH BURNS EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2006Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS IN A WELDING CLASS AT SCHOOL AND SOMETHING FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE. DX; CORNEAL ABRASION OF R EYEBALL..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2006Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
WAS WELDING AND POSSIBLE SPARK WENT INTO EAR. OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2006Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
C/O LT EYE PAIN, WAS WELDING EARLIER/ FB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
L EYE PAIN, PT WELDING YESTERDAY DX MINOR WELDING BURN L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2006Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDERS FLASH TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND INTO HIS EAR/ BURN TO E AR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL UV KERATITIS.PT WAS WELDING AND BURNED BOTH EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2006Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED EYES WELDING ULTRAVIOLET BURN TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2006Age: 25 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
PT HAD ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS OF THE EYE FROM WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2006Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
USING CUTTING TORCH EARLIER IN DAY WOKE UP IN NIGHT W EYE PAIN DX FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2006Age: 57 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
FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE-WELDING YESTERDAY SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2006Age: 37 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 COMPLAINS OF BILATERAL EYE PAIN - EXPOSED TO W ELDING ARC YESTERDAY UNABLE TO OPEN EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT WELDING AT HOME C/O EYEPAIN CORNEAL ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVAL WELDING BURN LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2006Age: 46 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
RT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS-C/O PAIN AND REDNESS TO EYE AFTER WELDING AND A P IECE OF SOLDER FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2006Age: 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
PT WELDING W/O PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR, C/O FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES DX: CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2006Age: 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
PT WAS WELDING AT HOME AND FLASHED HIS EYES WITH WELDER WITH EYE PN WELDERS KERATITIS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BILATERAL SOLAR KERATITIS.PT WAS WELDING ON HIS CAR AND BURNED EYES.
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: 03/12/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
BILAT EYE PAIN AFTER HELPING FATHER IN LAW WELD YESTERDAY DX: ACUTE EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2006Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FOREIGN LEFT EYE WHILE WELDING YESTERDAY FOREIGN BODY LEFT CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT AT FRIENDS HOME HELPING WELDING BOTH EYES RED AND PAINFUL DX ACUTE WELDERS FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FLASH BURN TO EYES WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PT STATES HE WAS WELDING WITHOUT SAFETY GLASSES AND SOME METALLIC MATERIALS FLEW INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2006Age: 22 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 FROM WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE-C/O SENSATION OF FOREIGN BODY IN EYE THAT STARTED WHILE WELDING AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WATCHING HER BOYFRIEND WELD AND WAS EXPOSED TO WELDERS ARC WELDERS FLAS H EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AT HOME W/AUTOMATIC HOOD ON WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN SET TO LOW. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
RT EYE FB-SINCE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
HAS EYE PAIN AFTER WATCHING FRIEND WELD AT HOME. DX: ACUTE KERATITIS E YE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2006Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Welding equipment
UNKNOWN HOW IT HAPPENED POSSIBLE WHILE WELDING DX- RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Day wear
PT WAS WELDING WHEN TRUCK FUEL TANK EXPLODED & CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE. FD NS. DX: 40%TBSA BURNS BILAT LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/27/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN R EYE, POSSIBLE FB, WATCHING FAMILY WELD DX: FB, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2006Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
BURNED EYES WHILE WELDING AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN TO FINGER GOT SMASHED DURING WELDING CLASS DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2006Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
42 YO MALE WAS WELDING TODAY BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2006Age: 37 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 YESTERDAY, C/O BURNING TO BILATERAL EYES DX: BILATERAL WELDERS BURN OF CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2006Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: IndustrialFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT IN METAL SHOP NEXT TO WELDER IRRITATED EYES. DX: PHOTOKERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION @ HOME DX ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT HURT WHILE WELDING WITH EQUIPMENT AT SCHOOL. EXPOSURE TO WELDIN G ARC. DX: RT EYE PAIN/BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2006Age: 44 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, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
CORNEAL RUST RING: GRINDING & WELDING METAL AT FRIEND'S, THOUGHT GOT SOMETHING IN LT EYE
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


Date: 02/11/2006Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT SUSTAINED WELDING BURN TO FOREARM ONE WEEK AGO. HEALING WELL, BUT IT CHY. D: BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
27YMC WELDING UNDERNEATH A CAR AND A SPARK FLEW INTO EYE EYE IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2006Age: 17 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 W/O SHIELD YESTERDAY. DX: UV KERATITIS BILAT EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS @ DADS WORK PLACE WELDING PT TOUCHED THE FLAME "IT WAS PRETTY" PT WITH BURNS TO 3RD 4TH AND 5 DIGIT. DX BURN TO FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2006Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
63 YO MALE WAS WELDING AND WIND BLEW HIM OVER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2006Age: 27 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 HAD A NEW FACE SHIELD AND NOT SURE IF IT WAS WORKING PROPERLY. DX: BURNED EYES WITH WELDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS AT SCHOOL, WELDING, BURNED HIS EYES DIAGNOSIS; WELDERS' BURNS TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2006Age: 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, Eye protection devices
PT WITH EYE PAIN. WAS WELDING YESTERDAY AND WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION ON AND OFF. DID LOOK AT THE LIGHT. D:UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2006Age: 29 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
PT WAS DOING METAL WORK AND WELDING 5 DAYS AGO AND HAS EYE REDNESS AND IRRITATION. D: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY, CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2006Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
C/O POSSIBLE METAL FRAGMENT IN EYE, OCCURRED AFTER WELDING. DX. FB L E YE, REMOVED W/RESIDUAL MATERIAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2006Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
CORNEAL INJURY-WELDING INJURY-NO EYE PROTECTION-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2006Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT. WAS AT SCHOOL, WELDING, HAS WELDERS' BURNS TO EYES DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION BURNS EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WELDING AT HOME WITH OLDER BROTHER X3 HOURS, KEPT TAKING OFF FA CE SHIELD, LOOKING AROUND, NOW SEVERE EYE PAIN; ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2006Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING, USING PROTECTIVE LEN BUT THEY HAD CRACK IN THEM ACUTE ARC OF EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2006Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AT HOME AND DEVELOPED EYE PAIN CORNEAL ABRASION TO BOTH EYES , PT WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
WAS WELDING YESTERDAY (WEARING PROTECTIVE LENSES) C/O EYES BURNING DX: BILAT. EYE WELDERS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2006Age: 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
PT GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE WHILE WELDING. DX: FLASHBURN TO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT WAS HELPING SOMEONE WITH WELDING EARLIER, EYES BURNING. DX-FLASH BURNS TO EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2006Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
34 YO USING A WELDER GOT METAL IN EYE CONJUNCTIVE EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
EYE FB-DEBRIS AFTER WELDING IN SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING. DX: UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
29 YOM WELDERS FLASH WELDING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Welding equipment
EYE PAIN AFTER WELDING/CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Day wear
PT WAS WELDING WHEN HIS SHIRT CAUGHT FIRE SUSTAINED THERMAL BURNS TO CH EST NS IF FD ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE WHILE WELDING/CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AND HAS EYE PX. DX: UV KERATITIS BILAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2006Age: 37 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 WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION. PAIN IN EYES. DX: BILATERAL WELD ING FLASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2006Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment, Eye protection devices
PHOTO KERATITIS TO BIL. EYES-PAIN SINCE WELDING THE PREVIOUS DAY-@ HOME -WEARING GOGGLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2006Age: 31 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
PT WAS WELDING AND FELT HOT SLAG GO INTO EYE MILD R SIDED CORNEAL ABRASION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING LAST NIGHT WITH OUT SHIELD. UV KERATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2006Age: 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
WELDER'S FLASH BOTH EYES: WELDING AT HOME, NOW EYES ARE BURNING (NOT USING SHIELD)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING @ HOME, C/O REDNESS & BURNING BI-LAT EYE DX BI-LAT ULTRAVIOLET KERMITITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2006Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment
USING CUTTING TORCH AND BURNT INSIDE OF HIS EYE, UNABLE TO SEE OUT OF EYE. MID CORNEAL ABRASION TO LEFT AND RT EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2006Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PAIN TO EYE AFTER WELDING AT HOME DX: CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2006Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Gasoline cans
WELDING SPARK IGNITED GAS CAN BURN TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2006Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
PT HAD EYE PX AFTER WELDING A FEW DAYS AGO. DX: R EYE BURN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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