Accidents - Torches - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 108
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2009:	37
Year 2010:	70

Accidents - Age:

26-50 years old:

108

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/18/2010	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Torches
27 YOM-STATES WAS TORCHING METAL THIS AFTERNOON-HEARD A "POP" & SOMETHI NG FLE INTO EYE @ FRIEND'S DX FB W/RESIDUAL MATERIAL REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Torches
PT USING "BLOW TORCH" & IT FLARED UP A PARTICLE INTO (L) EYE DX;# CO NJUNCTIVAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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