Accidents - Welding equipment - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,626
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1999:	84
Year 2000:	155
Year 2001:	66
Year 2002:	89
Year 2003:	239
Year 2004:	200
Year 2005:	220
Year 2006:	237
Year 2007:	70
Year 2008:	75
Year 2009:	69
Year 2010:	119

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	43
6-15 years old:	49
16-25 years old:	440
26-50 years old:	753
50+ years old:	339

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/31/2010	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
27YOM HAD BEEN WELDING AND OUT IN THE HEAT ALL DAY LONG. WHEN HE GOT H OME FELT HOT, HAD HEADACHE, SLIGHT CHILLS. HEAT EXHAUSTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2010	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Welding equipment
28 YOM WAS USING WELDING EQUIP. WHEN FELT DIZZY FOUND OUT IT WAS LOTS O F TOXIC FUMES- DX-TOXIC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2010	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment, Wire
ELECTRICAL SHOCK-37YOM-SHOCKED WHILE WELDING-HIT A WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2010	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
COUGHT AFTER BREATHING VAPORS FROM WELDING RODS BRONCHITITS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING WITHOUT HELMET WHICH IS NOT NORMAL FOR PATIENT. WAS CON FUSED, REDNESS NOTED AROUND PERIORBITAL AND CHEEK AREA. LEFT STROKE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
49YO WHITE MALE SHOCKED BY CAPACITOR ON WELDING UNIT IN L HAND OUT R HAND,C/O CHEST PX RAD 2 L ARM,L FINGER BURN,DX ELECTRIC SHOCK-CHEST PX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment, Clothing accessories
PT WELDING AT SCHOOL WHEN FELT SHOCK TO PALM. WEARING LEATHER GLOVES AT THE TIME. D: ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
PT GOT HIT WITH WELDING ARC AT NEIGHBORS HOME MINOR ELECTROCUTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

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

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

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

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 11/16/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Welding equipment
INHALED FUMES WHILE WELDING, NAUSEA AND LIGHTHEADED, ALSO BURN RT FOREA RM/ INHALED CHEMICAL EXPOSURE, 1ST DEGREE BRUN RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Welding equipment
WELDING WITH GAS POWERED WELDER IN SHOP AT HOME, AWOKE AFTER PASSED OUT FOR 1 HOUR. NAUSEA, HEADACHE. DX; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
55 YO WM MESSING WITH OLD WELDER AT HOME AND WAS SHOCKED ELECTROCUTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
PATIENT HAD AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM WELDING MACHINE, THEN BEGAN TO HAVE CHEST PAINS. DX - MILD ELECTROCUTION, ATYPICAL CHEST PAINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Welding equipment, Carbon monoxide detectors
STATES CO2 MONITOR WENT OFF LAST NIGHT FROM GAS-RUN WELDING MACHINE. DX. CO2 EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Welding equipment
MOM REPORTS PT EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE LAST NIGHT FROM DAD'S GAS-RUN WELDING MACHINE. DX. CO EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Welding equipment
PT. EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE LAST NIGHT FROM FATHER'S GAS RUN WELDING MACHINE. DX. CO EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Welding equipment
32YOM AT HOME WELDING EARLIER/NOW NAUSEATED VOMITING H/A DX/TOXIC FUMES EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
24 YO MALE SUFFERED HAND BURN WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO UNPLUG A 220 VOLT WE LDER,ARC WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment
61 YO BM - ELECTRICAL SHOCK - WAS WELDING & ROD TOUCHED HIS WRIST WATCH - FELT A SHOCK GO THRU HIS BOEY - BROTHER KNOCKED ROD OUT OF HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
PT OUTSIDE WELDING ALL DAY DX HEAT EXHAUSTION WITH DEHYDRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment, Doors
SYNCOPE W/ HEAT EXHAUSTION-WELDING DURING THE DAY W/ THE DOOR SHUT- VISION WENT BLURRY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Welding equipment, Sinks
ELECTRICAL SHOCK-WAS WELDING-ARM HIT A STEEL SINK-PT GOT SHOCKED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Welding equipment
PT WAS WELDING IN SCHOOL INHALED SUBSTANCE THAT HAD CARBON MONXIDE PTWI TH HEADACHE,NAUSEA,VOMITING. DX INHALED WELDING GLUE CONTAINED CARB/M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

Date: 03/26/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Welding equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2000	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Welding equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2000	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Welding equipment, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2000	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Welding equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/1999	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Welding equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/1999	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Welding equipment
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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