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Accidents - Welding equipment - Year 2009 - Face

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 206
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Date: 10/02/2009Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Welding equipment
FOREIGN BODY TO EYELID WHILE WELDING FB EYELID *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2009Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING AN EMPTY GAS TANK ON MOTORCYCLE WHEN IT IGNITED. FD NS. DX: FIRST/SECOND DEG BURN FACE & CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 06/27/2009Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Welding equipment, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WAS WELDING AND GRINDING METAL AND GOT A PIECE IN EYE DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2009Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT STATES AFTER WELDING,FELT SICK, DEVELOPED FACIAL SWELLING WITH CELLU LITIIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Welding equipment
GOT BURN TO FACE HIT WITH FLAMES WHILE WELDING MOTORCYCLE DX: BURN TO F ACE NO FIRE DEPT ON SCEEN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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