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Accidents - Welding equipment - Year 2007 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 217
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
26-50 years old:217

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/16/2007Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT STS WELDING FRIDAY,DROPPED HOT METAL ON L UPPER ANT THIGH,PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN,DXL THIGH CELLULITIS,ERYTHEMA NODOSUM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/26/2007Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Welding equipment
FIRST DEGREE BURNS TO BILATERAL THIGHS - WELDER'S BURN THIS AFTERNOON - STATES HE DID NOT KNOW HE WAS BURNED UNTIL TONIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2007Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT BURNED LT UPPER THIGH WHILE WELDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2007Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment, Day wear
1-2 DEGREE BURNS LATERAL L THIGH; "ACCIDENTALLY WALKED IN FRONT OF A WE LDING FLAME" PANTS CAUGHT ON FIRE HE SAID. PATTED OUT BY PT. NO FD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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